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WNBA postpones game between Storm and Lynx due to COVID-19
BRADENTON, Fla. - The opener of the WNBA playoff series between the Seattle Storm and the Minnesota Lynx was postponed nearly 90 minutes before its scheduled tipoff Sunday because of inconclusive COVI...
Sep 20, 2020
20 new COVID-19 cases in province, 7 from outbreak at Saskatoon business
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reporting 20 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. That's the largest single-day total since Sept. 12, when 21 cases were announced. Of the new cases, 10 are from Regina, ...
Sep 20, 2020
Addressing anti-mask protests poses a challenge for leaders, experts say
MONTREAL - Quebec's COVID-19 case numbers hit their highest numbers since the end of May this weekend, but Alexandre Laberge-Ayotte wasn't worried. Laberge-Ayotte and a handful of other protester...
Sep 20, 2020
Métis Nation-Sask president stayed at Waskesiu Lake hotel and visited five other businesses before testing positive for COVID-19
After Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan President Glen McCallum tested positive for COVID-19, the Hawood Inn in Waskesiu Lake closed on Saturday for four days of deep cleaning. According to Nancy Wood, the own...
Sep 20, 2020
'Everything has changed': N.B. doctor describes racism after COVID-19 outbreak
After months of harassment and racist remarks, the doctor at the centre of a COVID-19 controversy that rocked New Brunswick says his life has been changed entirely. Dr. Jean Robert Ngola, a ...
Sep 20, 2020
Judge agrees to delay US gov't restrictions on WeChat
NEW YORK - A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users to delay looming federal government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use. In a ...
Sep 20, 2020
Bob Woodward's goal with Trump book 'Rage': 'the best obtainable version of truth'
WASHINGTON, Wash. - "I hope you're recording this, so you get it down," Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice. Indeed, relying solely on notes for a conversation with the celebrat...
Sep 20, 2020
New tools, ideas needed to speed up housing strategy funding, CMHC president says
OTTAWA - The national housing strategy will need new tools to move more quickly from ideas to finished projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the head of the federal housing agency. The Canada Ho...
Sep 20, 2020
Bob Woodward's goal with Trump book 'Rage': 'the best obtainable version of truth'
WASHINGTON, Wash. - "I hope you're recording this, so you get it down," Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice. Indeed, relying solely on notes for a conversation with the celebrat...
Sep 20, 2020
Preparations underway for pandemic election in Saskatchewan and maybe B.C.
VANCOUVER - Election administrators in British Columbia are ready with hand sanitizer for voters and personal protective equipment for polling station workers as par...
Sep 20, 2020