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Mixed messaging on COVID-19 pandemic is leading to distrust in Ontario, experts say
TORONTO - Balancing the fight against COVID-19 with efforts to jump-start the economy in Ontario has highlighted communications problems that have sown confusion and could erode trust in public health...
Oct 06, 2020
Florida governor extends voter registration after site crash
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended the state's voter registration deadline Tuesday after he said heavy traffic crashed the state's online system and potentially prevented thousands...
Oct 06, 2020
US judge points Ronaldo rape case in Las Vegas toward trial
LAS VEGAS - Cristiano Ronaldo's legal fight with a woman who accuses the international soccer star of raping her in his suite at a Las Vegas resort more than 10 years ago is heading toward a trial bef...
Oct 06, 2020
Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election. Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy P...
Oct 06, 2020
'Why did it happen?' Sons of woman killed in 1997 crash want answers from Scott Moe
The sound of his mother's dying breath still haunts him. It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their ...
Oct 06, 2020
Tough decisions loom on draft day
The National Hockey League (NHL) entry draft class of 2020 has spent a long time waiting but will finally get to find out if and where they get selected tonight and tomorrow.Originally scheduled for l...
Oct 06, 2020
Drive-by shooting suspects make first court appearance
A man and woman, charged in connection to Sunday's drive-by shooting in Prince Albert, are facing a combined total of 42 charges.D.J. Royden Montgrand, 20, and Matilda Keenatch-Yellowhead, 18, appeare...
Oct 06, 2020
Candidate wants to bring Ward 2 issues to the fore
Ward 2 candidate Kim Conarroe says she wants to be a voice for her ward."I will work for the residents of Ward 2 by listening to their concerns and building partnerships to help move their issues forw...
Oct 06, 2020
Man who was subject of wife's appeal in Nova Scotia assisted death case dies
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man whose wife tried to stop his medically assisted death in court has died in hospital. According to his obituary posted on a funeral home website, 83-year-old Jack Eugene Sor...
Oct 06, 2020
Mayor Kennedy Stewart proposes $30-million recommendation to help Vancouver homeless
VANCOUVER - Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants councillors to support a multimillion-dollar proposal to help those who are homeless in Vancouver during the pandemic. Stewart has released a recommendation to ...
Oct 06, 2020
