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Mixed messaging on COVID-19 pandemic is leading to distrust in Ontario, experts say
TORONTO - Balancing the fight against COVID-19 with efforts to jump-start the economy in Ontario has highlighted communications problems that have sown confusion and could erode trust in public health...
Oct 6, 2020
Florida governor extends voter registration after site crash
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended the state's voter registration deadline Tuesday after he said heavy traffic crashed the state's online system and potentially prevented thousands...
Oct 6, 2020
US judge points Ronaldo rape case in Las Vegas toward trial
LAS VEGAS - Cristiano Ronaldo's legal fight with a woman who accuses the international soccer star of raping her in his suite at a Las Vegas resort more than 10 years ago is heading toward a trial bef...
Oct 6, 2020
Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election. Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy P...
Oct 6, 2020
'Why did it happen?' Sons of woman killed in 1997 crash want answers from Scott Moe
The sound of his mother's dying breath still haunts him. It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their ...
Oct 6, 2020
Lethbridge real estate returning to "balanced" market with higher sales & prices
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw home prices plummet, but the Lethbridge and District Association of Realtors says things are returning to a more normal state.In September...
Oct 6, 2020
New temporary display and courtyard renovations unveiled at Lethbridge Military Museum
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It was a significant moment at the Lethbridge Military Museum Tuesday morning.A temporary display was unveiled, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands...
Oct 6, 2020
Man who was subject of wife's appeal in Nova Scotia assisted death case dies
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man whose wife tried to stop his medically assisted death in court has died in hospital. According to his obituary posted on a funeral home website, 83-year-old Jack Eugene Sor...
Oct 6, 2020
Mayor Kennedy Stewart proposes $30-million recommendation to help Vancouver homeless
VANCOUVER - Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants councillors to support a multimillion-dollar proposal to help those who are homeless in Vancouver during the pandemic. Stewart has released a recommendation to ...
Oct 6, 2020
Scott Moe apologizes on campaign trail to family of woman killed in his 1997 crash
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has publicly apologized to the family of a woman killed in a 1997 highway crash he was involved in. The apology came during a campaign stop in Saskatoon...
Oct 6, 2020