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America's worsening COVID-19 crisis has some Canadians barring the border door
WASHINGTON - The U.S. congressman who wants a plan to ease travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border is taking the ensuing backlash in stride. Rep. Brian Higgins got an earful from ...
Jul 10, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, July 10
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:30 a.m. on July 10, 2020: There are 107,022 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,316 confirmed (including 5,612 deaths, 25,675 reso...
Jul 10, 2020
Wisconsin high court gives mixed ruling on partial vetoes
MADISON, Wis. - The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday overturned three of four partial budget vetoes issued by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, bucking decades of court precedent th...
Jul 10, 2020
Canadian Kyle (The Monster) Nelson ready for anything on UFC's Fight Island
Unable to get a visa in time for a short-notice UFC fight in Las Vegas last month, Canadian Kyle (The Monster) Nelson now finds himself in Abu Dhabi at the UFC's Fight Island. The 29-year-old featherw...
Jul 10, 2020
Presumptive Nunavut COVID case turns out negative after further testing
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Tests for what would have been Nunavut's first case of COVID-19 have come back negative. The territory's chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, is confirming the result...
Jul 10, 2020
Toronto FC midfielder Nick DeLeon on life in the MLS is Back Tournament bubble
Nick DeLeon likes space. So life in the MLS is Back Tournament bubble has its challenges for the veteran Toronto FC midfielder. "Training, eating, hanging out in the hotel. Rinse and repeat," he said ...
Jul 10, 2020
Conservatives say police should be called into investigate WE charity scandal
OTTAWA - The Conservatives say they want a criminal investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have the WE organization run a $900-million program for student volunteers.Their call for po...
Jul 10, 2020
Civil servants to be compensated for Phoenix debacle, says public service union
OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says its members will get lump sum payments to compensate them for the federal government's failed pay system under an agreement reached late yesterd...
Jul 10, 2020
Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics
When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical applica...
Jul 10, 2020
Turkish court rules to let Hagia Sophia return as mosque
Turkey's highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia - a former cathedral-turned-mosque that now serves as a mus...
Jul 10, 2020