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Virus ravages poor California county along Mexican border
CALEXICO, Calif. - Dr. Tien Vo's last stop of the night is the home of a 35-year-old woman who has diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and, now, the coronavirus. The virus killed her father six day...
Aug 04, 2020
Husband of DA charged with pulling gun on protesters in LA
LOS ANGELES - The husband of the Los Angeles district attorney has been charged with pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple's home the day before the primary ...
Aug 04, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine efforts provide hope but no silver bullet to stop pandemic: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health doctors warned Tuesday that vaccines in development for COVID-19 provide hope but will not mean an immediate end to the pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says the Public He...
Aug 04, 2020
Military exercise in Arctic aims to send message without spreading COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada and some of its closest allies are launching a major naval exercise in the Arctic today that aims to send a message of unity without spreading COVID-19. The three-week training exercis...
Aug 04, 2020
City of Lethbridge details face mask rules starting this week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Face masks will be required to be worn in some facilities.Starting Tuesday, August 4, passengers on Lethbridge Transit will have to utilize masks or other face coverings.Additional me...
Aug 04, 2020
Victims of Don Meredith say Senate compensation process 'totally unacceptable'
OTTAWA - Two women who worked for former senator Don Meredith say the independent process established by the Senate to determine compensation for Meredith's harassment victims...
Aug 04, 2020
Insured damage costs rise to $522M for spring flood in Fort McMurray
EDMONTON - An April flood that led to the evacuation of several northern Alberta communities caused more than half a billion dollars in insured damage.The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the cost of t...
Aug 04, 2020
Surface of Mars shows scars of glaciers just like Canada's High Arctic: study
VANCOUVER - The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new study. Published Monday in the journal N...
Aug 04, 2020
First-year Argos head coach Dinwiddie dealing with COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty
TORONTO - There was no doubt in Ryan Dinwiddie's mind this off-season that he was ready to become a CFL head coach. But nothing could've prepared him for the challenge of preparing for his f...
Aug 04, 2020
Insured damage costs rise to $522M for spring flood in Fort McMurray
EDMONTON - An April flood that led to the evacuation of several northern Alberta communities caused more than half a billion dollars in insured damage. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the cos...
Aug 04, 2020