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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:45 p.m. on May 6, 2020: There are 61,465 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 33,417 confirmed (includ...
May 6, 2020
Woodbine mainstay Mark Casse entering National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
SARATOGA SPINGS, N.Y. - Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame member Mark Casse will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame this year. An Indianapolis native, Casse has been name...
May 6, 2020
German soccer's Bundesliga given OK to resume in May
BERLIN - The Bundesliga can resume playing this month, ending a two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a loosening of a range of containment...
May 6, 2020
Canada to do millionth COVID-19 test but numbers still falling short
OTTAWA - Canada is on track to complete its millionth test for COVID-19 sometime in the next 24 hours even as the country's biggest province continues to struggle to hit its own testing targ...
May 6, 2020
U of L planning covers all possibilities for fall semester
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- With the constant curveballs that COVID-19 keeps throwing at us and our plans, the University of Lethbridge is still planning to have in-person program delivery for the fall semeste...
May 6, 2020 U-of-L -- Photo credit to University of Lethbridge
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oilsands, citing COVID concerns
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has suspended a wide array of environmental monitoring requirements for companies in the oilsands.The suspensions have been granted over public health con...
May 6, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday finalized campus sexual assault rules that bolster the rights of the accused, reduce legal liabilities for schools and colleges, and narrow the scope of case...
May 6, 2020
With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns
GRETNA, La. - More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their own speed ...
May 6, 2020
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oilsands over COVID concerns
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of environmental monitoring requirements for companies in the oilsands. The suspensions have been granted over public health concerns...
May 6, 2020
New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic
NEW YORK - As the coronavirus spread in March, poet Ada Limon struggled at first to write, feeling "flattened and silenced" by a pandemic that had shut down much of the world she knew. "I could call n...
May 6, 2020