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Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid tests positive for COVID-19
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers say Connor McDavid has tested positive for COVID-19. The NHL team made the announcement on Twitter on Monday night. The Oilers say their team captain is self-quarantinin...
Oct 05, 2020
Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus
MIAMI - As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Re...
Oct 05, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Oct. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:36 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, 2020: There are 168,961 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 79,650 confirmed (including 5,884 deaths, 66,180 re...
Oct 05, 2020
Nunavut confirms nine positive COVID-19 cases at mine, others presumptive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has confirmed nine positive cases of COVID-19 at the Hope Bay gold mine in the western part of the territory. The Nunavut government announced the positive cases in a ...
Oct 05, 2020
The Daily with LNN – October 5, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Oct 05, 2020
Assisted dying bill reintroduced as court deadline looms
OTTAWA - The federal government reintroduced Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying - just two months before a court-imposed deadline. The government has until Dec. 18...
Oct 05, 2020
Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will subsidize farms...
Oct 05, 2020
A look as some of the Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize throughout history
Scientist Michael Houghton has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for his work with the hepatitis C virus. While Houghton was born in Britain, he studies at the University of Alberta and...
Oct 05, 2020
South Zone sees 29 new COVID cases this weekend, one death in M.D. of Pincher Creek
EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released Monday's report on COVID-19, detailing numbers over the past three days.578 cases were confirmed over the weekend with 97 on Friday, 263 on Saturda...
Oct 05, 2020
Canada suspends Turkish arms exports amid allegations in Armenia-Azerbaijan fight
OTTAWA - Canada suspended arms exports to Turkey while it investigates claims that drone-sensor technology created by an Ontario company is being improperly used in renewed fighting between Azerbaijan...
Oct 05, 2020