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Charlottetown crow lovers show support after complaints, injured birds
CHARLOTTETOWN - Tensions between Charlottetown's crow foes and lovers have bubbled over this winter, with a number of the birds - which roost in the thousands in the thousands in t...
Mar 14, 2020

German intel deems part of far-right AfD party 'extremist'
BERLIN - German authorities are formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist, the country's domestic intelligence agency s...
Mar 14, 2020

AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel
CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...
Mar 14, 2020

Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom
SEATTLE - Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe. The ...
Mar 14, 2020

House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency
WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation early Saturday to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump...
Mar 13, 2020

U of S suspending classes for three days then moving to remote classes
In a media release sent late Friday, the University of Saskatchewan said it will be suspending all classes on campus from Monday through Wednesday.The release said this is one part of additional guide...
Mar 13, 2020 University of Saskatchewan will move to remote classes in light of COVID-19 outbreak. (Brady Lang/CKOM)

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020
CP CanadaThe latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 79 confirmed (five cases resolved.) - British Columbia: 64 confirmed, inclu...
Mar 13, 2020

Canada fights COVID-19 'health crisis' with travel curbs, billions in spending
CP CanadaTORONTO - The suspension of Parliament, billions of dollars in extra federal spending, and recommendations against leaving the country were among extraordinary steps public and priv...
Mar 13, 2020

Premiers warn billions more needed from feds to weather COVID-19 crisis
CP CanadaOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreadin...
Mar 13, 2020

Concerns raised over COVID-19 outbreak plans for Indigenous communities
CP CanadaOttawa's plans to respond to possible COVID-19 outbreaks in remote, fly-in and already vulnerable Indigenous communities are getting a failing grade from opposition politicians who ...
Mar 13, 2020