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'What's taking so long?' Conservatives call for faster aid for businesses
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says relief from the federal government for small businesses suffering losses due to COVID-19 is not rolling out fast enough. He says the United S...
Apr 08, 2020

Shooting suspect found hiding in stranger's basement: court testimony
A man responsible for a shooting in Prince Albert's West View area last fall, has received a four and a half year jail sentence.On Tuesday, Konnor Mercredi, 21, pleaded guilty to a number of charges i...
Apr 08, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Jean Truchon, who fought to expand medically assisted death, receives procedure
MONTREAL - One of the two Quebecers who successfully fought to expand medically assisted dying has received the procedure. Jean Truchon says in a statement released posthumously that the COV...
Apr 08, 2020

Prize-winning reporter writes book on Melania Trump
NEW YORK - A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump. Mary Jordan's "The Art of Her Deal," which draws upon more than ...
Apr 08, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:25 a.m. Air Canada, which has cut roughly half its Canadian workforce, says it will apply for Ottawa's emergency...
Apr 08, 2020

Democrats want additions to Trump $250B emergency virus aid
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democratic leaders proposed Wednesday adding hundreds of billions of dollars for health care, state and local governments, and food stamps to $250 billion in fresh emergency...
Apr 08, 2020

UK govt tries to advance virus response with Johnson in ICU
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "responding to treatment" but remains in intensive care with the new coronavirus, his spokesman said Wednesday. The U.K. government, meanwhile, sought ...
Apr 08, 2020

Quarantined drag queens land TV show in Israel
JERUSALEM - As Israel imposed a nationwide virus lockdown, shuttering theatres, clubs and bars, the country's drag queens found themselves confined to their homes, their elaborate wigs and glittery dr...
Apr 08, 2020

With Johnson hospitalized, who's who in Britain's Cabinet?
LONDON - With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized in intensive care after contracting the coronavirus, who's left to run the country? A look at the key players in Johnson's Cabinet: DOMI...
Apr 08, 2020

Wuhan ends lockdown; Virus strains medical workers to limits
LONDON - After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened Wednesday and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and planes to leave. Elsewhere, the econo...
Apr 08, 2020

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