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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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2020

Applications open for 2020 Inclusive Community Award
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities Grande Prairie planning committee is accepting applications for it's Inclusive Community Award until November 10.The International Day of Persons wit...
Nov 8, 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 8, 2020

Queen Elizabeth II wears mask at tribute to Unknown Warrior
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II donned a face mask in public for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic when attending a brief ceremony at Westminster Abbey last week to mark the centenary of the ...
Nov 8, 2020