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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:02 p.m. on April 21, 2020: There are 36,847 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 19,319 confirmed (inc...
Apr 21, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:57 a.m. Nova Scotia is reporting another death related to COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 10. The death occ...
Apr 21, 2020
Ag Buy Sell Offers Free Platform for 4H Club Members
Calling all 4-H leaders and members! We know that this has been a hard time for our 4-H community as COVID-19 has put a stop to most Achievement Days that were to take place in May and June. As a resu...
Apr 21, 2020
Council defers making decision on St. Vital church site
Battleford lawmakers deferred making a decision to de-designate the former St. Vital church site a municipal heritage property after receiving some objections. The province will now step in to attempt...
Apr 21, 2020 Battleford council is deferring making a decision on de-designating the old St. Vital church site a municipal heritage property after the town received some objections. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement
TOKYO - An open conflict broke out between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Tuesday over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. Tokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said the organizi...
Apr 21, 2020
P.A. city council pushes ahead on Alley Bylaw; hears petition against it
Prince Albert city councillors heard from the author of a petition against their proposed back alley curfew on Monday night, but remained unfazed in their resolve to move ahead on the issue. If implem...
Apr 21, 2020 According to a city report, up to half of all properties in P.A. abut onto a back alley. (Alison Sandstrom)
Asia Today: Singapore extends lockdown amid surge in cases
BANGKOK - Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by four more weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday. The tiny city-st...
Apr 21, 2020
UK Parliament to hold virtual debates amid virus lockdown
LONDON - Britain's Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away. U.K. legislators and most parliamentary staff were sent home in late March a...
Apr 21, 2020
Conspiracy theorists burn 5G towers claiming link to virus
LONDON - The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back t...
Apr 21, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II marks 94th birthday without fanfare
LONDON - Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth II's 94th birthday with silence Tuesday, as the nation in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic forgoes the usual gun salutes and ringing of bells.With thousa...
Apr 21, 2020