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Alarm bells ring over COVID-19 and long-term care; Ontario to release new projections
Politicians, advocates and public health officials were ringing the alarm Thursday over COVID-19's impact on long-term care homes, as Ontarians awaited fresh projections of how the virus is expected t...
Oct 29, 2020
Man who opened fire at Toronto block party granted six more months of day parole
TORONTO - A man convicted of manslaughter in a deadly public shootout at an east Toronto block party is adjusting well to life in the community, officials say in granting him six more months of day pa...
Oct 29, 2020
U.S. OKs extradition of 2 nabbed in ex-Nissan boss' escape
BOSTON - The U.S. State Department has agreed to turn over to Japan two American men accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial, ...
Oct 29, 2020
Wall Street steadies itself following encouraging reports
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are pushing upward Thursday after better-than-expected reports on the economy helped stabilize Wall Street following its worst drop in more than four months. The S&P 500 was...
Oct 29, 2020
Judge grants 9-month delay to Meghan's lawsuit against paper
LONDON - A British judge on Thursday granted a request by the Duchess of Sussex to postpone the trial of her invasion of privacy lawsuit against the publisher of a British newspaper that published por...
Oct 29, 2020
673 tickets written for school zone speeding in September, SGI says
SGI is revealing details from its September Traffic Safety Spotlight.Last month, the focus was on school zone safety and SGI found police wrote 673 tickets for drivers speeding through school zones.Th...
Oct 29, 2020
Culvert replacement on Highway 693 completed
An important infrastructure project impacting a local highway that is a primary road for people in nearby communities has been completed with no issues.Highway 693 between Highway 3 and the old highwa...
Oct 29, 2020
Defendant pleads guilty in Rudy Giuliani associates' case
NEW YORK - Prosecutors secured a guilty plea Thursday from a Florida businessman who hired one of President Donald Trump's lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, to lend credibility to a supposedly fraud-busting com...
Oct 29, 2020
P.A.'s Schneider and Raiders' Guhle invited to Hockey Canada's junior camp
Prince Albert's Braden Schneider and Prince Albert Raider Kaiden Guhle have been invited to Hockey Canada's National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp from Nov. 16 to Dec. 13 in Red Deer, Alta.Bot...
Oct 29, 2020
Nokia profit up, new CEO pledges to boost 5G investments
HELSINKI - Finnish telecommunications company Nokia on Thursday reported improved third-quarter earnings largely in line with expectations, but acknowledged it faced challenges in the race for 5G cell...
Oct 29, 2020
