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Joey Votto to injured list, Reds activate Desclafani
DETROIT - Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto has been placed on the injured list before the opener of Sunday's doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. The team gave no reason for the move but s...
Aug 02, 2020

COVID-19 blamed as work on military port first promised in 2007 sees new delay
OTTAWA - The construction of a new military refuelling station in the Arctic is facing yet another delay more than 13 years after it was first promised by the federal government. Stephen Harper f...
Aug 02, 2020

NEOSS holding Virtual Auction through Facebook
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, local organizations still need to fundraise to stay afloat.That's what North East Outreach and Support Service's (NEOSS) is doing with their Facebook Virtual Auctio...
Aug 02, 2020

Orphaned toddler grows up in shadow of massacre, coronavirus
An infant boy who survived a shooting last year that left his parents and 21 others dead now likes to thumb through picture books and dance to a Batman jingle with his grandmother, according to an unc...
Aug 02, 2020

How one Montreal long-term care home managed to keep COVID-19 away
MONTREAL - The Pavillon Camille-Lefebvre long-term care home in southwest Montreal houses some of the patients most vulnerable to succumbing to a pandemic, including 18 who live on ventilato...
Aug 02, 2020

Leave your deets when dining: Restaurants taking personal info to trace COVID-19
TORONTO - As COVID-19 restrictions ease and restaurants start to welcome customers back, one thing Canadians may soon have to get used to is providing their personal information before they grab ...
Aug 02, 2020

Leave your deets when dining: Restaurants taking personal info to trace COVID-19
TORONTO - As COVID-19 restrictions ease and restaurants start to welcome customers back, one thing Canadians may soon have to get used to is providing their personal information before they grab ...
Aug 02, 2020

How one Montreal long-term care home managed to keep COVID-19 away
MONTREAL - The Pavillon Camille-Lefebvre long-term care home in southwest Montreal houses some of the patients most vulnerable to succumbing to a pandemic, including 18 who live on ventilato...
Aug 02, 2020

N.L. Liberals to announce next leader, 14th premier during atypical convention Monday
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's 14th premier will be announced Monday during an unusual party leadership convention coloured by the COVID-19 pandemic. Only 50 people will be a...
Aug 02, 2020

Despite 'perfect storm' of U.S. discord, America's truths trump foreign fictions
WASHINGTON - The confluence of a pandemic, a raucous civil-rights movement, an economy on the brink and a stubborn, deeply divided electorate: experts call it a "perfect storm" of ...
Aug 02, 2020