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14 days of solitude: The lonely success of the 'Atlantic bubble'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John's. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother...
Oct 02, 2020
Champagne says he will stop arms exports to Turkey if rights abuse uncovered
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's willing to halt military export permits to NATO ally Turkey if an investigation determines Canadian technology is leading to hum...
Oct 02, 2020
Teachers worried about their health, quality of education as they deal with COVID-19
OTTAWA - Kelly Main says she has never felt as exhausted and stressed during her 27 years of teaching high school as she has since returning to the classroom this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic.As ...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders
JOHANNESBURG - President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complic...
Oct 02, 2020
The Latest: WH doctor says Trump will continue with duties
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus (all times local): 1:40 a.m. President Donald Trump's White House doctor has issued ...
Oct 02, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Office of the Wet'suwet'en were in British Columbia Supreme Court Thursday seeking an order quashing the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a pipelin...
Oct 01, 2020
Top White House official tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON - Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counsellor to the president and travelled with him to a Wednesday ...
Oct 01, 2020
Pinder delivers timely hit, A's advance in playoffs at last
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Athletics ended 14 years of post-season futility, riding Chad Pinder's go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning and repeated costly walks by Chicago's relievers to ra...
Oct 01, 2020
Halloween not “cancelled” due to COVID-19: Dr. Hinshaw
Alberta's top doctor says she hopes Halloween will be scary, but not because of COVID-19.In response to mounting questions about whether the end of October tradition would be able to go ahead in the p...
Oct 01, 2020
AP source: 76ers set to hire Rivers as new coach
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement with Doc Rivers to become their new coach. Rivers reached a deal Thursday to become the latest coach to try and lead the Sixers to their...
Oct 01, 2020