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QMJHL's Blainville-Boisbriand Armada has 18 positive COVID-19 tests
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Eighteen members of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Blainville-Boisbriand Armada have tested positive for COVID-19.Players and staff have been placed in isolation for 14 days...
Oct 07, 2020
Ottawa Senators acquire goalie Matt Murray from the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pierre Dorion had already received calls about the 33rd pick in the NHL draft moments after the first round ended Tuesday night. The Ottawa Senators general manager didn't end up parting with that sel...
Oct 07, 2020
AP source: 2 more Titans positives, Pats cancel practice
NASHVILLE - Tennessee will not be returning to the team's facility Wednesday after two more players tested positive amid the NFL's first COVID-19 outbreak, and the New England Patriots have cancelled ...
Oct 07, 2020
Cases drop in Quebec but hospitalizations creep up in hardest-hit provinces
There were some small positive signs in COVID-19 data reported from Quebec and Ontario today, even as hospitalizations inched upwards in Canada's two most populous provinces. New cases in Quebec dropp...
Oct 07, 2020
Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19.In a report this morning, the parliament...
Oct 07, 2020
Boston delays school reopening plan after virus cases surge
BOSTON - The next phase of the Boston Public Schools reopening plan was delayed Wednesday because the city's coronavirus positivity rate has climbed higher than 4%, Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday. "...
Oct 07, 2020
Sexualized onions: Facebook lifts ban on Newfoundland advertisement for seeds
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Facebook has reversed its decision to prevent a seed company in Newfoundland from using a photo of a pile of onions, which the social media giant had deemed "overtly sexual." Jackso...
Oct 07, 2020
Texas high court blocks Houston plan to offer mail ballots
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 2 million Houston voters cannot receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections officials who are dramatically expanding ...
Oct 07, 2020
Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally friendly alternatives will be the first to go under...
Oct 07, 2020
Appeals court: Trump must turn over taxes to prosecutor
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that likely sets up a second trip to the U....
Oct 07, 2020