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'It only takes one:' COVID-19 cases continue to surge among First Nations in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - David Monias has barely slept in weeks. The Pimicikamak Cree Nation chief says his phone rings off the hook day and night from people fearful the COVID-19 pandemic is silently spreading int...
Nov 08, 2020
Browns place QB Baker Mayfield on COVID-19 list during bye
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns didn't escape the bye week completely unscathed. Quarterback Baker Mayfield was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday after a staff member tested positive for the...
Nov 08, 2020
Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible
TOKYO - The good news for the Tokyo Olympics is that Japan on Sunday held a one-day exhibition gymnastics meet in front of several thousand fans with 22 athletes participating from Russia, China and t...
Nov 08, 2020
Red Cross reminds people to keep emergency kits ready for storm
The Canadian Red Cross is reminding people to be prepared with a winter storm hitting Saskatchewan.The storm could drop between 20 and 50 centimetres - eight to 20 inches - of snow in various parts of...
Nov 08, 2020
Amidst a tough and sad year, a Halifax choir creates a concert of communal lament
HALIFAX - In a year of pandemic, mass murder and military tragedies, a choir on Canada's East Coast has created a concert that gives singers, a poet and their online audience an outlet for communal la...
Nov 08, 2020
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool
WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...
Nov 08, 2020
Three decade-old tradition honouring P.A. veterans continues
In the absence of public in-person ceremonies this year, private traditions to honour veterans for Remembrance Day will endure. For some, it's the wearing of a poppy or a quiet moment of reflection. O...
Nov 08, 2020
Veterans connect with students online in lead-up to pandemic-era Remembrance Day
Gulf War veteran Bob Crane has been busy in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, adjusting his classroom presentations to an array of online platforms. Crane, a retired Army major who volunteers a...
Nov 08, 2020
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool
WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...
Nov 08, 2020
Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to "compensate for past mistakes" and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency repor...
Nov 08, 2020
