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Know how to reduce food waste? You could win up to $1.5-million
OTTAWA, ONT - The Food Waste Reduction Challenge has commenced.Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says they are looking for innovators who can come up with new ways of "doi...
Nov 19, 2020
Opposition leaders briefed on alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Canada
OTTAWA - Federal opposition leaders have been given an advance look at grim new projections for the spread of COVID-19 in Canada.Updated modelling that is expected to show the number of new cases risi...
Nov 19, 2020
California imposes overnight curfew to curb coronavirus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is imposing an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in coronavirus cases that it fears could tax its health care syst...
Nov 19, 2020
CP NewsAlert: B.C. expands COVID-19 restrictions, orders masks in public spaces
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making it mandatory to wear masks in public spaces while social interactions will be under new restrictions until Dec. 7 because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Provincial...
Nov 19, 2020
Mnuchin rejects renewal of some Fed emergency loan programs
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he will not to extend several emergency loan programs set up with the Federal Reserve to support the economy in the midst of the coronaviru...
Nov 19, 2020
Net Gains: Canada's Branstine 'loves' her choice of college tennis, pro push can wait
A potential tennis career on the WTA Tour remains a distinct possibility for Carson Branstine. For now the two-time Grand Slam junior champ wants to make sure she broadens her horizons. The native of ...
Nov 19, 2020
Flynn has studied fellow small guards Lowry, VanVleet, admires how hard they compete
TORONTO - As the youngest of seven kids, Malachi Flynn grew up watching his older siblings play sports. His mom Kristi was always shuffling a least one sibling somewhere in the family van that seated ...
Nov 19, 2020
Record 1,105 COVID cases in one day in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.A new daily record for COVID-19 has been set with 1,105 cases confirmed ...
Nov 19, 2020
Judge to rule Dec. 15 in rape case of former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon
MONTREAL - A judge will render her verdict in the rape trial of former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon on Dec. 15. Prosecutor Bruno Menard made his final arguments today in the trial of the founder ...
Nov 19, 2020
Thibault and Parsons headline Golf Canada's 2021 amateur and junior squads
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Brigitte Thibault of Rosemere, Que., and Mary Parsons of Delta, B.C., headlined Golf Canada's 2021 amateur and juniors squads on Thursday.The pair were part of Canada's mixed team tha...
Nov 19, 2020