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'Shuggie Bain' writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize
LONDON - Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction Thursday for "Shuggie Bain," the story of a boy's turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow. Stuart, 44, won the pr...
Nov 19, 2020
Woodbine Entertainment announces that jockey has tested positive for COVID-19
TORONTO - A jockey based at Woodbine Racetrack has tested positive for COVID-19.Woodbine Entertainment made the announcement Thursday, but didn't divulge the identity of the jockey. As per the per the...
Nov 19, 2020
Daughter of 89-year-old in Saskatoon care home worries about quality of care amid COVID-19 outbreak
A 62-year-old Dalmeny area woman has removed her mother from a Saskatoon area care home after she says she became worried about the quality of care she had been receiving over the last few weeks.The w...
Nov 19, 2020
Federal figures on COVID-19 aid provide window into who needed the help
OTTAWA - Newly released data on emergency COVID-19 aid shows that some of the country's highest income earners used a key benefit for workers. The $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit paid...
Nov 19, 2020
Alek Minassian fantasized about mass shootings, court hears
TORONTO - A psychiatrist at the trial of the man behind Toronto's van attack says Alek Minassian had a long history of fantasizing about shooting other people.Dr. Rebecca Chauhan, who was hired by the...
Nov 19, 2020
Mossimo Giannulli reports to prison in college bribery case
BOSTON - Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters' way into college, officials said. Giannulli's wife, "Full...
Nov 19, 2020
Court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21 temporarily suspended after positive COVID test
MONTREAL - The court challenge to Quebec's secularism law has been temporarily suspended after a person who had attended the proceedings tested positive for COVID-19.Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre ...
Nov 19, 2020
Singh calls for end to for-profit long-term care homes owned by government
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and union officials are calling on Ottawa to put a stop to its role in for-profit long-term care homes, where deadly COVID-19 outbreaks are worsening as the second wa...
Nov 19, 2020
SGI reminds the public to put down the phone while driving
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is reminding the public to avoid distractions while driving and focus on the road.According to a media release on SGI's October Traffic Safety Spotlight, the po...
Nov 19, 2020
GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range
DETROIT - General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years. The technology also wil...
Nov 19, 2020