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Royal Canadian Legion branches adapt to support veterans during pandemic
TORONTO - Royal Canadian Legion branches are adapting their services to support veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the national organization warns financial pressures could ...
Apr 02, 2020

Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
KARACHI, Pakistan - A Pakistani court Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl. Instead, th...
Apr 02, 2020

New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85
NEW ORLEANS - Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85. New Orleans Mayor LaToya C...
Apr 01, 2020

Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Thursday in relation to COVID-19: "If we all stopped moving for two weeks and nobody talked to anybody for two weeks and we all just staye...
Apr 01, 2020

Toronto imposes mandatory quarantine for infected to help contain COVID-19
TORONTO - Canada's most populous city has imposed a mandatory home quarantine on residents infected with COVID-19, as officials move to "aggressively halt" the spread of the virus. Toronto Mayor John ...
Apr 01, 2020

Donald Trump says Canadians on two stranded cruise ships will be heading home
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. President Donald Trump says there are plans to remove nearly 250 Canadians from two cruise ships and get them back to Canada. The U.S. Coast Guard has directed a...
Apr 01, 2020

Premier Kenney salutes truckers while calling on public to offer support
Premier Jason Kenney took time during Wednesday's COVID-19 press conference to thank and salute truck drivers, while at the same time calling on businesses and individuals to make life easier by helpi...
Apr 01, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo

Feds: Man intentionally derailed LA train near hospital ship
LOS ANGELES - A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid t...
Apr 01, 2020

Province, Feds reach agreement to boost meat inspector capacity
The Government of Alberta is partnering with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to increase food inspector capacity.Training to allow provincial meat inspectors to be deployed into high-priori...
Apr 01, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo

Canadian grain in demand
Canadian grain is in high demand as shippers try to feed a growing appetite from mills and governments seeking to shore up staple reserves amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chamber of Marine Commerce sa...
Apr 01, 2020