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Lawmaker: Trump officials want delay in census due to virus
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Trump administration wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 census because of the coronavirus outbreak, a move that if approved would push back timetables for releasing data used to...
Apr 13, 2020
With many COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, Tory MP asks whether economy can reopen
OTTAWA - British Columbia Conservative MP Marc Dalton has deleted a tweet asking whether it is time to start reopening businesses if most of the deaths from COVID-19 in this country are older peo...
Apr 13, 2020
Union calls for temporary closure of meat-packing plant in High River over COVID-19 concerns
HIGH RIVER, AB - The union representing workers at one of Cargill's plants in Southern Alberta says it needs to enter a two-week closure.United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union (UFCW) local 40...
Apr 13, 2020 (Cargill Meat Solutions)
Ex-NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, 36, dies in car crash
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went o...
Apr 13, 2020
Chiefs offensive lineman Duvernay-Tardif facing different NFL off-season
It's been a very different off-season for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. It began with the Kansas City Chiefs' veteran offensive lineman basking in the glory of the club's epic 31-20 comeback Super Bowl vic...
Apr 13, 2020
Drop in noise pollution means a data boom for earthquake scientists
OTTAWA - For earthquake scientists, having hundreds of millions of people off the streets and out of the skies is providing a bonanza of data about the planet. All those planes, tr...
Apr 13, 2020
Concrete room saves Mississippi family of 4 from twister
MOSS, Miss. - With a tornado bearing down on their rural home, Andrew Phillips told his wife to grab their two children and get into the safest place they had: A small room built from concrete blocks....
Apr 13, 2020
Storm tears through South amid pandemic; at least 22 dead
CHATSWORTH, Ga. - Storms that killed at least 22 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and ...
Apr 13, 2020
Northern miners concerned federal COVID wage subsidy leaves them in the cold
YELLOWKNIFE - Northern miners say the federal government's wage subsidy program to get the country through the COVID-19 pandemic leaves them out in the cold. Tom Hoefer of the Northwest Territories an...
Apr 13, 2020
Quebec puts five long-term care homes under watch, promises more inspections
MONTREAL - Quebec has placed an additional five private long-term care homes under watch amid concerns that they're not able to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Francois Legault...
Apr 13, 2020