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Visits suspended at federal prisons in Quebec to prevent potential COVID spread
MONTREAL - The Correctional Service of Canada says it is suspending visits to federal prisons in Quebec to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. The agency says temporary absences and wo...
Sep 27, 2020
Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 16 killed
YEREVAN, Armenia - Fighting erupted anew Sunday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and a top territorial official said 16 people were kille...
Sep 27, 2020
Locked-up computer systems only part of 'terrifying' ransomware scourge
TORONTO - A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully targeted other companies with clients in governments, health care, ...
Sep 27, 2020
Small-town hockey rinks feeling the effects of an uncertain season
One thing being forgotten in a fall without hockey is all the small towns.For many in small towns, life in the winter is centred around the rink. With no date for a return of competitive hockey, some ...
Sep 27, 2020
End of CERB means uncertainty for some, new system for others
OTTAWA - In mid-March, Christine Ilott's manager broke some bad news to her: she was losing her job in live theatre as a result of the pandemic. The 47-year-old went home to her basement apartme...
Sep 27, 2020
Author says acquittal on child pornography charges allows him to 'breathe again'
A Quebec author acquitted last week of child pornography charges in connection with passages in a horror novel says he - and fiction writers across the country - can "breathe again." Yv...
Sep 27, 2020
Parrot ready for snowboard season after modifying training during pandemic
When COVID-19 case counts first started rising around Canada six months ago, Olympic snowboarder Max Parrot worried that his recent bout with cancer would put him at greater risk of con...
Sep 27, 2020
Mi'kmaq power, inside and beyond Ottawa, stronger than in past fishery battles
HALIFAX - When Jaime Battiste was in his early 20s, cable news channels were full of images of Mi'kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick battling federal fisheries officers over seized lobster trap...
Sep 27, 2020
WE Charity controversy prompts examination of group's overseas footprint
The controversy around WE Charity in Canada is opening the door to a public discussion about whether WE - and groups like it - actually help the African communities where they operate. ...
Sep 27, 2020
End of CERB means uncertainty for some, new system for others
OTTAWA - In mid-March, Christine Ilott's manager broke some bad news to her: she was losing her job in live theatre as a result of the pandemic. The 47-year-old went home to her basement apartme...
Sep 27, 2020
