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Max Gros-Louis, longtime leader of Huron-Wendat First Nation, dead at 89
Former Grand Chief Magella (Max) Gros-Louis, who championed Indigenous rights for more than 30 years as leader of the Huron-Wendat First Nation, has died at the age of 89. Grand Chief Remy Vincent con...
Nov 14, 2020
Tam warns of increasing pressure on hospitals as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
TORONTO - The rising tide of COVID-19 infections across much of Canada threatens to swamp a hospital system already under strain, the country's top doctor warned Saturday amid case numbers that contin...
Nov 14, 2020
Raptors Uprising GC sends all-star centre to Hornets Venom GT in major esports trade
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC traded away one of the pillars of its NBA 2K League perfect regular season in 2020, sending all-star centre Jerry (Sick One) Knapp to Hornets Venom GT for centre Xavier (...
Nov 14, 2020
Nova Scotia RCMP say man faces assault charges in violent clash at lobster pound
NEW EDINBURGH, N.S. - A 74-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged in relation to a violent clash last month at a lobster pound in the southwestern part of the province, police announced on Saturday...
Nov 14, 2020
Record 308 new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has broken its daily reporting record for new COVID-19 cases several times in the past week, but Saturday's total is new high. The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported 308 new COVID-19 ...
Nov 14, 2020
Romania: 10 die in fire at COVID-19 intensive care unit
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian officials say a fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients has killed 10 people and critically injured seven others. The blaze spread through the intensive care ward d...
Nov 14, 2020
As setbacks beset Trump's efforts to contest election, supporters gather in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Throngs of Die-hard Donald Trump supporters packed the streets of the United states capital today in solidarity with the president's efforts to defy last week's election results.Ten...
Nov 14, 2020
Canadian Vasek Pospisil loses to young Italian in final of ATP Tour's Sofia Open
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil has fallen one win short of capturing his first career ATP Tour title. The 30-year-old Pospisil lost 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, to 19-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner in...
Nov 14, 2020
Austria shuts schools, most stores, to curb spread of virus
BERLIN - Austria announced Saturday that it is tightening its partial lockdown, including by closing non-essential stores and shifting schools to online teaching, amid galloping coronavirus infection ...
Nov 14, 2020
SHA changing COVID-19 exposure alerts to only when self-isolation required
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is changing the way it issues COVID-19 exposure alerts.In a release, it says it will no longer be issuing self-monitoring COVID-19 announcements beginning Nov. ...
Nov 14, 2020