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Compared to U.S., Canada's COVID-19 response a case study in political civility
WASHINGTON - In the time of the novel coronavirus, Canada and the United States seem to be playing to type: the friendly apologizers of the Great White North coming together against a common enem...
Apr 14, 2020
Some wildlife coming out of hibernation
While it may not completely feel like it, the spring season is here.The coming of the season brings a number of changes including many wild animals coming out of hibernation. Casey Howey, conservation...
Apr 14, 2020 The Ministry of Environment expects the black bear population to be healthy in the area. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Tour de France called off amid virus, no new dates set
PARIS - After weeks of holding out hope the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic, the world's most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of ...
Apr 14, 2020
Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for another Olympic postponement
TOKYO - There is no "Plan B" for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said Tuesday. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, ...
Apr 14, 2020
Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to 'Do What You Can'
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus qua...
Apr 14, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:55 a.m. Two residents of another British Columbia care home have tested positive for COVID-19, just days after health o...
Apr 14, 2020
Cuomo says Trump is not a king, can't force states to reopen
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to morning TV shows Tuesday to push back against President Donald Trump's claim of "total" authority to reopen the nation's virus-stalled economy, noting that a preside...
Apr 14, 2020
IMF: Stung by virus, global economy will shrink 3% in 2020
WASHINGTON - Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest f...
Apr 14, 2020
'A lifeboat in the ocean:' Nurses on life inside a downtown Vancouver hospital
VANCOUVER - As a registered nurse in the emergency department at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Zoe Manarangi Bake-Paterson wonders whether she'll be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic subsi...
Apr 14, 2020
Second World War commemorations become casualty of COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Donald White was shaving when his friend ran in excitedly to tell his unit the news: The war was over. The evening of May 8, 1945, White and his fellow Royal Canadian Dragoons were parked at ...
Apr 14, 2020