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Ensure the tray table is up and your mask on: air travel in the era of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Watching the farms and highways of Ontario out of the oval windows of an Airbus A320, it's easy to forget for a moment how COVID-19 has so thoroughly changed familiar routines. From...
Jun 21, 2020
National Indigenous Peoples Day goes virtual amid pandemic restrictions
Organizers of a major Indigenous festival in Ottawa considered postponing or cancelling it entirely after COVID-19 restrictions meant they couldn't gather in person. But as an anti-racism movement swe...
Jun 21, 2020
Under Trump, 'You're fired!' even greets federal prosecutors
NEW YORK - Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had a snickering response to news that his successor as top federal prosecutor was "stepping down" from the job. "Doesn't sound like 'stepping d...
Jun 20, 2020
Canada's Gillian Robertson, Marc-Andre Barriault both win in UFC
LAS VEGAS - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson choked out American Cortney (Cast Iron) Casey in the third round on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. Quebec City middleweight Marc-Andre (...
Jun 20, 2020
Taylor Pendrith becomes top-ranked Canadian on Korn Ferry Tour
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Taylor Pendrith became the top-ranked Canadian on the Korn Ferry Tour on Saturday after tying for 14th at the King & Bear Classic. Pendrith shot a 3-under 69 in the four...
Jun 20, 2020
Military says all remains now identified in crash of Cyclone helicopter
OTTAWA - The remains of four of the six Canadian Armed Forces members killed when a Cyclone helicopter crashed into the Ionian Sea off Greece in late April have been identified. In a news release, the...
Jun 20, 2020
Tories want in-person Parliament but no electronic voting by MPs during pandemic
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives have crusaded for a return to parliamentary business as usual but they're opposed to the one thing Liberals and New Democrats insist is necessar...
Jun 20, 2020
Military says all remains now identified in crash of Cyclone helicopter
OTTAWA - The remains of four of the six Canadian Armed Forces members killed when a Cyclone helicopter crashed into the Ionian Sea off Greece in late April have been identified. In a news release, the...
Jun 20, 2020
In tension-filled Tulsa, Trump tempting fate in more ways than one
TULSA, Okla. - In the city that bore witness to the Black Wall Street massacre of 1921, the twin epicentres of America's seismic shift on justice, race and social disparity found themselves in close p...
Jun 20, 2020
Taylor Pendrith becomes top-ranked Canadian on Korn Ferry Tour
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Taylor Pendrith became the top-ranked Canadian on the Korn Ferry Tour on Saturday after tying for 14th at the King & Bear Classic. Pendrith shot a 3-under 69 in the four...
Jun 20, 2020