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Labour, biz leaders urge federal-provincial common front on COVID-19 impact
OTTAWA - Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic ...
Mar 14, 2020
Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after almost two centuries in Scotland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...
Mar 14, 2020
New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...
Mar 14, 2020
NHL evaluating options and Emergency departments feeling strained; In The News for March 12
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 March 12 ... &nb...
Mar 14, 2020
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Alberta public sector union case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court won't hear a case involving the rights of public-sector workers in Alberta in a labour dispute with that province's government. The high court was deciding whether to h...
Mar 14, 2020
Stock markets recover after turbulent trading
BANGKOK - European stocks rose Friday and Wall Street was set to gain on the open after turbulent trading in Asia and a day after the market's worst session in over three decades. Shares rose in Paris...
Mar 14, 2020
Toronto Raptors players, staff advised to go into self-isolation
TORONTO - Three days after the Toronto Raptors played in Utah, the players, coaches and travelling staff have gone into self-isolation amid the threat of COVID-19. The Raptors' 14-day isolation c...
Mar 14, 2020
NHL suspends season due to COVID-19 pandemic: 'An appropriate course of action'
NHL arenas will be dark for the foreseeable future. And when teams can return to the ice is really anyone's guess in the wake of commissioner Gary Bettman's announcement Thursday t...
Mar 14, 2020
No visitors: Congress hunkers down against coronavirus
WASHINGTON - The notes started popping up on Congress' office doors this week. Elbow greetings only. A six-foot radius. And that's for lawmakers who are taking visitors at all. "No offence," read one,...
Mar 14, 2020
Local school donates $1,000 to Make-a-Wish Foundation
The emotional story of a Grade 10 student at their school, prompted staff and students at Ecole Valois to give back in a big way.On Friday, Anthony Chester and Kayli Delisle helped present a cheque fo...
Mar 14, 2020 Make a Wish Regional manager Allyson Toye, accompanied by Ecole Valois students Anthony Chester and Kayli Delisle. (Submitted pic/ Allyson Toye)
