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Quebec plan to review status for asylum seekers working in care homes questioned
Quebec Premier Francois Legault's promise to review the status of asylum seekers working in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic raises more questions than it answers, advocates...
May 27, 2020

MPs to gather for first time both virtually and in-person in the Commons
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will make history today as a few dozen of them gather in the House of Commons where they'll be joined by the other 300-odd MPs participating via videoconferenc...
May 27, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 27, 2020

'Disturbing' long-term care home report doesn't come as surprise to families
Simon Nisbet is convinced that if he hadn't moved his mother out of her long-term care home, she would never have left alive. He said daily visits to her window at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont., le...
May 27, 2020

Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children
CHICAGO - These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia...
May 26, 2020

Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO - Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation...
May 26, 2020

Local businesses donate to food bank
Amid a stressful time for Battlefords residents, as the community continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, a few local businesses were doing their part to get everyone to show off their 'heart...
May 26, 2020

Prince Albert MLAs look forward to modified legislative session
Prince Albert Northcote MLA, New Democrat Nicole Rancourt, calls it a compromise but is happy to have the legislature back in session for 14 starting days next month.The public will learn a lot more a...
May 26, 2020

La Loche and Clearwater River deliver positive update on COVID-19 outbreak
Community leadership in La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation are seeing positive developments in their battle against a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 within their communities. Speaking on local co...
May 26, 2020

CP NewsAlert: NHL unveils return-to-play format in the event season can resume
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league and the NHL Players' Association have agreed on a return-to-play format in the event the 2019-20 season can resume. The 24-team plan would ...
May 26, 2020