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UK's Johnson threatens to impose restrictions on Manchester
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to force the Greater Manchester region into the most severe level of COVID-19 restrictions after local officials refused to accept the government's fin...
Oct 16, 2020
New quantum centre in Ontario to probe nature's deepest and weirdest secrets
WATERLOO, Ont. - Canadian research will probe some of the deepest and strangest properties of the world within the atom in a new centre for the study of quantum matter. Quantum matter is the basic sci...
Oct 16, 2020
North Battleford Fall Compost Collection Program returns
North Battleford residents looking to clear out their backyard will have city rolling by over the next week.The North Battleford Fall Compost Collection Program will run from Oct. 19 to the 26. This p...
Oct 16, 2020
N.S., B.C. police watchdogs to probe officers' destruction of evidence in Assoun case
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency is asking its British Columbia equivalent to assist in probing whether officers broke the law when evidence was destroyed in the case of a wrongfully con...
Oct 16, 2020
Flames sign forward Andrew Mangiapane to two-year deal with AAV of US$2,425 million
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed forward Andrew Mangiapane to a two year contract with an annual average value of US$2,425 million. Mangiapane, a native of Toronto, set career highs with 17 go...
Oct 16, 2020
Trump on defence, courting voters in two must-win states
WASHINGTON - Backed into a corner and facing financial strains, President Donald Trump fought to defend his sagging reelection bid Friday in a state Republicans haven't lost in nearly three decades. W...
Oct 16, 2020
Provinces need to address racism in the health-care system: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces must do more to address racism in the health-care system, saying reconciliation with Indigenous people is not up to the federal government alone. ...
Oct 16, 2020
Psychiatrist takes witness stand in Fredericton mass murder trial
FREDERICTON - Psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Holly has taken the stand in the first degree murder trial of Matthew Raymond in Fredericton. Raymond, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Donnie ...
Oct 16, 2020
Samwel Uko’s family suing SHA, provincial government
The parents of a man who died by suicide in Regina in May have launched a lawsuit against the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the Government of Saskatchewan.Samwel Uko died May 21, drowning in...
Oct 16, 2020
First Nations elder alleges she was questioned about alcohol use in Winnipeg hospital
WINNIPEG - A First Nations elder says her symptoms were initially ignored and she was questioned about alcohol use during a stay at a Winnipeg hospital. Sadie North, who is 72, was brought to Grace Ho...
Oct 16, 2020