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Ceremony planned for service members killed in helicopter crash
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is planning to hold a ramp ceremony Wednesday to honour the six service members who went down with a military helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece, even t...
May 04, 2020 Crew members aboard HMCS Fredericton pay their respects to the fallen during the vigil for the deceased members of the CH-148 Cyclone accident on May 1, 2020 in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Canadian Armed Forces, Able Seaman Madison Cross
Source: CFL, CFLPA to resume talking about potential contingency plans
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are going to get back to talking. A league source said Monday the two sides have agreed to resume discussions on potential conti...
May 04, 2020
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
LLRIB sets requirements for upcoming election to prevent spread of COVID-19
Notice has been served to Lac La Ronge Indian Band voters about where, when and how they can cast a ballot in a variety of communities.That's according to a public notice released May 4, which states ...
May 04, 2020 LLRIB elections will go ahead despite COVID-19. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
Online COVID-19 threat a fake after P.A.put on alert
A woman who threatened to come to Prince Albert and spread COVID-19 - which prompted an emergency response - won't be charged according to a spokesperson for the Saskatchewan RCMP.The Facebook post, w...
May 04, 2020 A Facebook post made on Friday, and soon after deleted, caused a lot of anxiety for people in Prince Albert according to the city's Mayor. (Facebook)
Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth
Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...
May 04, 2020
Quebec police probing 3 cellphone tower fires, possible link to conspiracy theory
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec are investigating whether recent fires at three cellphone towers north of Montreal are connected and if they have anything to do with global conspiracy theories l...
May 04, 2020