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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 27, 2020

'Disturbing' long-term care home report doesn't come as surprise to families
Simon Nisbet is convinced that if he hadn't moved his mother out of her long-term care home, she would never have left alive. He said daily visits to her window at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont., le...
May 27, 2020

Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children
CHICAGO - These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia...
May 26, 2020

Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO - Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation...
May 26, 2020

Local businesses donate to food bank
Amid a stressful time for Battlefords residents, as the community continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, a few local businesses were doing their part to get everyone to show off their 'heart...
May 26, 2020

CP NewsAlert: NHL unveils return-to-play format in the event season can resume
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league and the NHL Players' Association have agreed on a return-to-play format in the event the 2019-20 season can resume. The 24-team plan would ...
May 26, 2020

FSIN says recreational travel in North is unfair while others still face public health order
Indigenous groups are calling on Government Relations Minister Lori Carr to address recreational travel while there are northern restrictions in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. They're claiming ...
May 26, 2020

Kansas governor vetoes limits on her power but loosens rules
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping Republican coronavirus measure that would have limited her power to direct the state's pandemic response but then ceded to local...
May 26, 2020

Battlefords Provincial Park included in $10.3 million Provincial Stimulus Package
The province of Saskatchewan has announced a $10.3 million Provincial Parks Stimulus Package, to be put towards renewal projects at several parks across Saskatchewan, including the Battlefords Provinc...
May 26, 2020

Canada outspends Ireland, Norway in new pledging on Venezuelan refugee crisis
OTTAWA - Canada outbid its two rivals for the United Nations Security Council at Tuesday's international pledging conference to help South American countries coping with the Venezuelan refug...
May 26, 2020