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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories 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: Newfo...
Jun 29, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00.am. on June 29, 2020: There are 103,250 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,079 confirmed (including 5,448 deaths, 23,786 resolv...
Jun 29, 2020
A call for repatriation and slices of pandemic life; In The News for June 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 29. What we are watching in Canada ... OT...
Jun 29, 2020
A Long-Overdue 'Tip of the Cap' to baseball's Black pioneers
Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the fo...
Jun 29, 2020
Militants attack Karachi stock exchange, killing at least 3
KARACHI, Pakistan - Militants attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least three people - two guards and a policeman, according to police. Special police fo...
Jun 29, 2020
B.C. teenager photographs personal experiences of people around the world
VANCOUVER - A 17-year-old British Columbia student has been documenting the personal experiences of strangers around the world during this pandemic one photograph at a time. Asalah Youssef of Lan...
Jun 29, 2020
Rights group blasts Ottawa for not helping detained ISIL members, families
OTTAWA - An international human rights group is calling on the federal government to repatriate dozens of Canadian men, women and children who are being detained in squalid camps in northeastern Syria...
Jun 29, 2020
'A work in progress': Injured Broncos player continues rehab after lockdown
CALGARY - At first glance it appears that Ryan Straschnitzki, the former Humboldt Broncos hockey player paralyzed from the chest down two years ago in a Saskatchewan bus crash, is paying close attenti...
Jun 29, 2020
Source: Patriots sign QB Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady
BOSTON - The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Cam Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady...
Jun 28, 2020
Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser delivers impressive UFC KO
LAS VEGAS - Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser showed heavy hands in knocking out Philipe (Monstro) Lins in the first round on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show Saturday. Boser (18...
Jun 28, 2020
