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With many COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, Tory MP asks whether economy can reopen
OTTAWA - British Columbia Conservative MP Marc Dalton has deleted a tweet asking whether it is time to start reopening businesses if most of the deaths from COVID-19 in this country are older peo...
Apr 13, 2020
Union calls for temporary closure of meat-packing plant in High River over COVID-19 concerns
HIGH RIVER, AB - The union representing workers at one of Cargill's plants in Southern Alberta says it needs to enter a two-week closure.United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union (UFCW) local 40...
Apr 13, 2020 (Cargill Meat Solutions)
Ex-NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, 36, dies in car crash
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went o...
Apr 13, 2020
Chiefs offensive lineman Duvernay-Tardif facing different NFL off-season
It's been a very different off-season for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. It began with the Kansas City Chiefs' veteran offensive lineman basking in the glory of the club's epic 31-20 comeback Super Bowl vic...
Apr 13, 2020
Drop in noise pollution means a data boom for earthquake scientists
OTTAWA - For earthquake scientists, having hundreds of millions of people off the streets and out of the skies is providing a bonanza of data about the planet. All those planes, tr...
Apr 13, 2020
Concrete room saves Mississippi family of 4 from twister
MOSS, Miss. - With a tornado bearing down on their rural home, Andrew Phillips told his wife to grab their two children and get into the safest place they had: A small room built from concrete blocks....
Apr 13, 2020
Storm tears through South amid pandemic; at least 22 dead
CHATSWORTH, Ga. - Storms that killed at least 22 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and ...
Apr 13, 2020
Northern miners concerned federal COVID wage subsidy leaves them in the cold
YELLOWKNIFE - Northern miners say the federal government's wage subsidy program to get the country through the COVID-19 pandemic leaves them out in the cold. Tom Hoefer of the Northwest Territories an...
Apr 13, 2020
Quebec puts five long-term care homes under watch, promises more inspections
MONTREAL - Quebec has placed an additional five private long-term care homes under watch amid concerns that they're not able to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Francois Legault...
Apr 13, 2020
Pixar's summer release 'Soul' postponed to November
NEW YORK - Pixar's "Soul," the last major release planned for June, has been postponed to November because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that "Soul" won't open June...
Apr 13, 2020