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Freedom means more this year: how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing Passover
OTTAWA - There's a question asked each year by Jews as they begin the Passover holiday: "Why is this night different?" It's asked as a way into the telling of the Passover story, an ancient tale ...
Apr 07, 2020
Wickenheiser plea for PPE, with Ryan Reynolds assist, scores big donations
Hayley Wickenheiser saw what was coming and heard the fears of friends on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her medical training in Toronto on pause while her teachers join the battle, the Hoc...
Apr 07, 2020
Boris Johnson will 'fight' COVID-19 and has what it takes to recover: envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a fighter who has what it takes to recover from his COVID-19 affliction. High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque tell...
Apr 07, 2020
Most visits banned at Alberta continuing- care homes to limit spread of COVID-19
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta is banning most visits to long-term care and group homes to try to limit the spread of COVID-19.An amended public-health order says no visits are being allowed unless a resident...
Apr 07, 2020 Alberta Legislature - LNN
Russia flatly denies US allegation of World Cup bid bribes
GENEVA - Russian officials on Tuesday flatly denied bribing a FIFA voter with millions of dollars to support the country's winning 2018 World Cup bid, after American prosecutors revealed new details a...
Apr 07, 2020
Trudeau says details coming soon on help for households to access credit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising anew his government's promise to help hard-hit Canadians more easily access credit by leaning on the nation's banks to do more than reduce credit...
Apr 07, 2020
Group of First Nations want Supreme Court to hear appeal on Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia First Nations is seeking to challenge the federal government's second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Canada's highest court. The S...
Apr 07, 2020
Explainer: what to expect if a Canadian prime minister is too sick to do the job
OTTAWA - The day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife was revealed to have COVID-19, cabinet agreed that Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland would be next in line if Trudeau could not&n...
Apr 07, 2020
Work continues for cattle producers as they accommodate COVID-19
CALGARY, AB. -- While many businesses in the province have come to a stand-still, there are others that have seen no reduced work load.Those who work in the cattle industry have thousands of people re...
Apr 07, 2020 Cattle in the field - LNN
Toronto Wolfpack hooker Andy Ackers moonlights as barber away from rugby league
Andy Ackers the Toronto Wolfpack hooker is now Andy the barber. With rugby league on hiatus due to COVID-19, the 26-year-old English forward has finished a college course and been certified as a ...
Apr 07, 2020