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Lebanese-Canadian group raises money while grappling with tragedy of Beirut blast
Lebanese-Canadians who watched in horror as an explosion levelled part of Beirut are now working to raise funds for hospitals treating the thousands of injured. The president of the Lebanese Club of O...
Aug 05, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:29 p.m. on Aug 5, 2020: There are 118,036 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,000 confirmed (including 5,687 deaths, 50,886 resolve...
Aug 05, 2020
Feds earmark $3.3B for provinces, territories for COVID-19 infrastructure
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving ahead with plans to make it easier for provinces and territories to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure projects to address the challenges posed ...
Aug 05, 2020
Calgary Zoo worried giant pandas 'in jeopardy' as bamboo supply running out
CALGARY - Time and food supplies are running out for two giant pandas at the Calgary Zoo. Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in Calgary in 2018, along with cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, after...
Aug 05, 2020
McCartney appointed AP's entertainment & lifestyles editor
Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press' West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson's death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news...
Aug 05, 2020
Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin out for remainder of preliminary round series
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs say defenceman Jake Muzzin has been discharged from hospital and is back at the team's hotel, but will not return to the lineup during Toronto's playoff qualification se...
Aug 05, 2020
AP source: Biden won't go to Milwaukee for acceptance speech
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party's White House nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus. That's according to a Democrat with know...
Aug 05, 2020
Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...
Aug 05, 2020
COVID-19 fallout: Ottawa announces details of support program for fishermen
HALIFAX - The federal government has announced details of a $469-million program aimed at helping Canada's fish harvesters deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fisherie...
Aug 05, 2020
‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan
The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...
Aug 05, 2020