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Snowbirds fly over Nova Scotia to mark naval helicopter crash, mass shooting
HALIFAX - The famed Snowbirds aerobatics team is flying over Nova Scotia communities today in an effort to remember lost comrades in a naval helicopter crash and to lift the spirits of a province...
May 03, 2020
Former Montreal Canadiens player Georges Laraque describes COVID-19 battle
MONTREAL - A couple of weeks ago, former Montreal Canadiens tough guy Georges Laraque was running five or six days a week as he trained for a marathon. Now, the former NHL enforcer...
May 03, 2020
'Very lucky:' Retired firefighter in hospital for one month battling COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Rick Sterzer was lying at home struggling to breathe. Each day it was harder to get air into his lungs. The 65-year-old retired Winnipeg firefighter had tested negative ...
May 03, 2020
Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations
OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...
May 03, 2020
Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns
OTTAWA - A rapid test developed for COVID-19 has experienced a setback. Ottawa's Spartan Bioscience says it is voluntarily recalling its COVID-19 product and performing additional studies after Health...
May 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:53 a.m. ET on May 3, 2020: There are 57,148 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 29,656 confirmed...
May 03, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:40 a.m. The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancou...
May 03, 2020
Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat on main port city
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed men to invade the country by boat on Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. Soc...
May 03, 2020
Northern village of Beauval adapting to COVID-19 outbreak
People in Beauval are doing their best to keep spirits high after the Saskatchewan Health Authority declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the northern village on Friday.Mayor Nick Daigneault said the stress...
May 03, 2020 Beauval is increasing its efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after the Saskatchewan Health Authority declared an outbreak in the town on May 1, 2020. (planningforgrowthnorthsk.com)
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
TOPEKA, Kan. - Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice-pres...
May 03, 2020