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Community Clean-Up Wards 1 and 2
Community cleanup for wards 1,2 will be May 4th-9th at St. Michaels church parking lot located at 1505-13th st west.Clean up will be from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Dumpsters will be there for public u...
May 06, 2020
Pharmacists receiving short shipments as drug shortage continues
OTTAWA - The Canadian Pharmacists Association says ongoing drug shortages mean pharmacies are receiving short shipments from manufacturers, leaving them to try to adjust on the fly. The association fi...
May 06, 2020
Nova Scotia mass killer should be subjected to psychological autopsy: experts
HALIFAX - As the RCMP investigate the case of the Nova Scotia gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage last month, a key question remains unanswered: Why? The Mounties have said littl...
May 06, 2020
HGTV, Food Network helped by coronavirus stay-at-homes
NEW YORK - Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGTV and the Food Network. The Food Network's overall...
May 06, 2020
More than 20 million jobs vanish in April
BALTIMORE - U.S. businesses cut an unprecedented 20.2 million jobs in April, an epic collapse as the coronavirus outbreak closed of offices, factories, schools, construction sites and stores that prop...
May 06, 2020
BMO Field adds more cooking muscle to MLSE meals program during global pandemic
TORONTO - Having already turned Scotiabank Arena into a giant kitchen, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment is adding BMO Field to the cooking mix. With the help of sponsor BMO, the lakefront stadium...
May 06, 2020
EU forecasts 'recession of historic proportions' this year
BRUSSELS - The European Union predicted Wednesday "a recession of historic proportions this year" due to the impact of the coronavirus with a drop in output of more than 7%, as it released its first o...
May 06, 2020
MPs convene today and a special ramp ceremony; In The News for May 6
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 May 5 ... --- CO...
May 06, 2020
Canada invests another US$70M in F-35 development despite no commitment to buy
OTTAWA - The federal government has made another multimillion-dollar investment into the development of the F-35 stealth fighter jet despite no guarantee it will buy the aircraft. Canada made the annu...
May 06, 2020
'Some days I get very depressed:' seniors discuss isolation during the pandemic
Jackie Potter cannot stop thinking about her five dead children. The 60-year-old lives alone in Hamilton with nothing to do during the pandemic. So she thinks. St. Matthew's House, the seniors centre ...
May 06, 2020
