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Parliament must resume to guide recovery, Conservative Leader Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is renewing his call for Parliament to find a new normal that looks more like the old normal. The Opposition chief says as the country begins a slow recovery...
May 15, 2020
U.S. layoffs surged to record high of 11.4 million in March
WASHINGTON - U.S. layoffs soared in March to a record 11.4 million after state and local governments closed restaurants, bars, movie theatres and other nonessential businesses in response to the inten...
May 15, 2020
Ontario government not looking to provide financial bailout for the CFL
TORONTO - If CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie is expecting financial assistance from the Ontario government, it seems he best think again. Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's Minister of Heritage, S...
May 15, 2020
Dalhousie law professors ask premier to launch public inquiry into mass shooting
HALIFAX - More than 30 faculty members at Dalhousie University's law school have signed a letter urging Nova Scotia's premier to call an independent public inquiry into the shooting rampage ...
May 15, 2020
Industrial production plunges unprecedented 11.2% in April
WASHINGTON - American industry recorded the biggest drop on record last month as factories, mines and utilities were all battered by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Res...
May 15, 2020
Had enough of 'Contagion'? Here are some warm blanket movies
When many were rushing to rewatch "Contagion," the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for more comforting escapes. I reache...
May 15, 2020
German economy shrinks 2.2% in 1st quarter as virus hits
BERLIN - The German economy shrank by 2.2% in the first quarter compared with the previous three-month period as shutdowns in the country and beyond started to bite, official data showed Friday. The f...
May 15, 2020
Walkerton 20 years on: A lingering tinge of grief amid community pride
TORONTO - As the May long weekend approached 20 years ago, an invisible killer began stalking the unsuspecting town of Walkerton, Ont., preparing to unleash an epidemic that would damage or destroy ma...
May 15, 2020
Islamic call to prayer being heard for the first time across Canada
OTTAWA - The Al Rashid Mosque has stood in Edmonton since 1938, but no one there today can remember ever hearing the daily call to prayer ring out through the loudspeakers. Usually the musical ch...
May 15, 2020
'Complicated' grief during pandemic has group calling for federal funding
Entertaining people with his stories, jokes and musical talents on multiple instruments like the drums, saxophone and keyboards made Gord Kudlak a magnet for a large community...
May 15, 2020