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Jean Truchon, who fought to expand medically assisted death, receives procedure
MONTREAL - One of the two Quebecers who successfully fought to expand medically assisted dying has received the procedure. Jean Truchon says in a statement released posthumously that the COV...
Apr 8, 2020
City moving forward on Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework with County
The City is moving forward with the Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) process with the County of Grande Prairie.The ICF is in place to manage funding and delivery of intermunicipal services...
Apr 8, 2020 Photo: Curtis Galbraith
Prize-winning reporter writes book on Melania Trump
NEW YORK - A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump. Mary Jordan's "The Art of Her Deal," which draws upon more than ...
Apr 8, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:25 a.m. Air Canada, which has cut roughly half its Canadian workforce, says it will apply for Ottawa's emergency...
Apr 8, 2020
Democrats want additions to Trump $250B emergency virus aid
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democratic leaders proposed Wednesday adding hundreds of billions of dollars for health care, state and local governments, and food stamps to $250 billion in fresh emergency...
Apr 8, 2020
UK govt tries to advance virus response with Johnson in ICU
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "responding to treatment" but remains in intensive care with the new coronavirus, his spokesman said Wednesday. The U.K. government, meanwhile, sought ...
Apr 8, 2020
Quarantined drag queens land TV show in Israel
JERUSALEM - As Israel imposed a nationwide virus lockdown, shuttering theatres, clubs and bars, the country's drag queens found themselves confined to their homes, their elaborate wigs and glittery dr...
Apr 8, 2020
With Johnson hospitalized, who's who in Britain's Cabinet?
LONDON - With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized in intensive care after contracting the coronavirus, who's left to run the country? A look at the key players in Johnson's Cabinet: DOMI...
Apr 8, 2020
Wuhan ends lockdown; Virus strains medical workers to limits
LONDON - After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened Wednesday and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and planes to leave. Elsewhere, the econo...
Apr 8, 2020
With no theatres, film fans find ways to gather virtually
LOS ANGELES - There are 44 people in the Social Distance Movie Club's Slack channel, where co-workers at Crooked Media have had discussions about everything from a Dwayne Johnson earthquake film to Fa...
Apr 8, 2020