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Telethon raises $115M for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19
NEW YORK - Tina Fey shed tears after announcing that more than $115 million was raised toward supporting New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19 during a virtual telethon. "Thank you, thank you," said a tear...
May 12, 2020

Telethon raises $115M for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19
NEW YORK - Tina Fey shed tears after announcing that more than $115 million was raised toward supporting New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19 during a virtual telethon. "Thank you, thank you," said a tear...
May 12, 2020

TransAlta reports $27M first-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago
CALGARY - TransAlta Corp. earned a profit of $27 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year ago, helped by strong earnings from its U.S. coal operations and its wind and solar business....
May 12, 2020

Hockey parents unsure about the future of minor hockey with COVID-19
MONTREAL - There are two black hockey bags sitting in the office of Mike Baumgartner's home, and he wonders if they will be used again. Minor hockey associations across Canada have had to cut their se...
May 12, 2020

Reopening plans and Canadians' anxiety on leaving home; In The News for May 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 May 12 ... --- C...
May 12, 2020

Ottawa examining new, existing tools to get web giants to pay up: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - The federal heritage minister says if new tools are needed to get digital giants to pay for Canadian content, they will be built. Steven Guilbeault says he is watching how other countrie...
May 12, 2020

Being out in public is stressful in pandemic era, new survey suggests
OTTAWA - As restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 persist, a new survey suggests more than half of Canadians find it stressful to venture out in public. In a web survey conducted by poll...
May 12, 2020

A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID 19
COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...
May 12, 2020

Plans in motion for provinces to begin reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa and Washington are working on plans to deal with an increase in cross-border traffic as states and provinces begin reopening. There's curre...
May 12, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 12, 2020: There are 69,981 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 38,469 confirmed (includ...
May 12, 2020