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Canada Post reports second-quarter loss of $378 million due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada Post is reporting a second quarter pre-tax loss of $378 million, a figure the service says was largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Crown corporation says i...
Aug 21, 2020
Irate, protesters in Iraq's south torch parliament offices
BASRA, Iraq - Protesters torched parliament offices in Iraq's oil-rich south on Friday following days of inaction by the government after two activists were assassinated. Demonstrators burned the oute...
Aug 21, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Federal government to appeal Canada-U.S. refugee pact ruling
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Ottawa is appealing a July ruling from the Federal Court of Canada that struck down the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees between Canad...
Aug 21, 2020
19-year-old in Quebec dies from complications linked to COVID-19
MONTREAL - A 19-year-old in Quebec has died from complications linked to COVID-19, the province's Health Department confirmed Friday. The case marks the first time someone under the age of&n...
Aug 21, 2020
LA prosecutor files charges in May explosion that injured 12
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney has filed dozens of criminal charges alleging fire code and safety violations against the owner of a building that exploded in the city's downtown and injur...
Aug 21, 2020
Movie theatre trade group establishes COVID-19 protocols
As movie theatres come back to life across the country, the National Association of Theater Owners is helping to take the guess work out of safe operating practices in the era of COVID-19. The trade o...
Aug 21, 2020
Search continues for Indigenous Cape Breton teen believed to be travelling on foot
ESKASONI, N.S. - RCMP say ground and aerial searches are continuing today along several trails in southeast Cape Breton for an Indigenous teenager who has been missing for more than a week. ...
Aug 21, 2020
Southern Alberta to see smoke from B.C. & U.S. wildfires
LETHBRIDGE, AB - While there are currently no active wildfires in Southern Alberta, we can expect to see some smoke.A map by Firesmoke.ca shows real-time projections of where smoke from fires are expe...
Aug 21, 2020
Montreal Canadiens GM criticizes Flyers coach for Gallagher comments
TORONTO - Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin says he's "extremely disappointed" with comments made by Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault about a play involving Montreal winger Brendan...
Aug 21, 2020
AP Exclusive: Barr 'vehemently opposed' to pardoning Snowden
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr said he would be "vehemently opposed" to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he mi...
Aug 21, 2020