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How doctors in Canada will decide who lives and dies if pandemic worsens
When there's only one ventilator but two patients who need it, how should a doctor decide who gets the chance to survive? Medical ethicists across the country are working to help frontline workers ans...
Apr 3, 2020
Researchers look at humidity as a weapon in the fight against airborne viruses
The ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic could get a boost if Canadians paid more attention to the relative humidity levels in public and private spaces, according to a growing body of internat...
Apr 3, 2020
Cardboard cutouts pose as guests for wedding amid COVID-19
DOWAGIAC, Mich. - Cardboard cutout wedding guests will make for a not-so-cookie-cutter wedding as a Michigan couple prepares to tie the knot during the coronavirus pandemic. After Amy Simonson and Dan...
Apr 2, 2020
Indigenous strategy launched to help communities access credible COVID-19 information
A new strategy developed in Saskatchewan, geared to Indigenous communities, is looking to provide credible, and easy to access information on the COVID-19 global pandemic."Protecting Our Home Fires" w...
Apr 2, 2020 "Protecting Our Home Fires" is a strategy geared to show Indigenous communities credible information amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Judge lets rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine go home, citing COVID-19
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was ordered immediately freed from a Manhattan federal lockup four months early Thursday by a judge who cited his asthma and the greater danger he would face behind b...
Apr 2, 2020
'The community is coming together': Delivery service available for seniors, residents with medical conditions
La Ronge Community Programmer Avyn Koyl and a number of local groups are looking to help residents during these trying times. Through a partnership with Men of the North, Lake Country Co-op, La Ronge ...
Apr 2, 2020 The service is operated by the community programmer and local volunteers. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Thursday in relation to COVID-19: "It's kind of a done deal we're getting off this pleasure cruise." - Ottawa's Catherine McLeod, aboard a...
Apr 2, 2020
RCMP respond to hundreds of COVID-19 calls in March
The Saskatchewan RCMP are getting a new kind of call for service in response to the provincial Public Health Order issued on March 26.According to a media release from RCMP, officers received 436 COVI...
Apr 2, 2020 (File photo/meadowlakeNOW)
Morgan Rielly can't explain talent-loaded Maple Leafs' rollercoaster campaign
TORONTO - Morgan Rielly has been working out at home trying to stay in shape. The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman is also reading, watching movies and improving his rudimentary cooking skills. He'...
Apr 2, 2020
Navy fires captain who sought help for virus-striken ship
WASHINGTON - The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus was fired Thursday by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for he...
Apr 2, 2020