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Northern residents embrace plan for unique beaded pin honouring COVID-19 workers
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North. An administrative assistant at a health centre in Dawson Ci...
Apr 03, 2020

GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...
Apr 03, 2020

Lethbridge School Division faces $1.5-million funding cut, layoffs announced
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Both of Lethbridge's public school boards now has an understanding of the impact that this past weekend's "temporary adjustment" of funding looks like.The Government of Alberta previo...
Apr 03, 2020 Lethbridge School Division. (Lethbridge News Now)

Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online
NEW YORK - The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online. Tribeca organizers said Friday that much of its programming will be availa...
Apr 03, 2020

Raptors head coach Nurse '100 per cent' committed to Canada's push for Olympic spot
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says he is "100 per cent" committed to coaching Canada's men's basketball team when it continues its push for a spot at next year's Tokyo Olympics. Nurse stated h...
Apr 03, 2020

PM announces support for food banks and food organizations across Canada
OTTAWA, ON - In his daily COVID-19 briefing outside his Ottawa residence this morning, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government would donate $100 million to meet urgent food needs ac...
Apr 03, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Scheer calls for more oversight of government's COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for the Liberals to be more transparent about their response to the COVID-19 crisis. He wants the government to release all of the data on the spr...
Apr 03, 2020

General managers calling names from home for OHL Priority Selection draft
TORONTO - This time last year, the Guelph Storm were playing their way to an Ontario Hockey League title and a spot in the Memorial Cup. But with the remainder of the 2019-20 regul...
Apr 03, 2020

Powell hopes to compete for Canada after promising NBA season cut short
Dwight Powell was enjoying a season unlike any other. His Dallas Mavericks were on a path for the NBA playoffs - finally - and Powell was excited about playing a key role in Canada...
Apr 03, 2020

‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including " Lean On Me, " "Lovely Day" and "Ain't No Sunshine," has died from heart complicati...
Apr 03, 2020