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Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday
LONDON - There certainly won't be fuss. Count on that. When Britain's Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he's spent most of his a...
Jun 09, 2020
Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form
The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music's few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%. Eu...
Jun 09, 2020
Floyd mourned and U.S. not investigating Prince Andrew; In The News for June 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 9 ... --- C...
Jun 09, 2020
France announces $16.9 billion in aid to aviation industry
PARIS - France's government has announced 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in aid for the virus-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France. Finance Minis...
Jun 09, 2020
Cautious Canadians increasingly wearing masks, fear second wave of COVID: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are increasingly wearing protective face masks as they emerge from months of isolating at home to curb the spread of COVID-19. And it suggests that fear of a sec...
Jun 09, 2020
Hubert Gagnon, who played Homer Simpson in Quebec version of show, dies at 73
MONTREAL - For generations of Quebec viewers, the bumbling, doughnut-loving cartoon dad Homer Simpson didn't speak with the American accent of voice actor Dan Castellaneta, but rather the&nb...
Jun 08, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:15 p.m. on June 8, 2020: There are 96,244 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 53,047 confirmed (includ...
Jun 08, 2020
P.A. personal services welcome back clients as Phase Three begins
The hum of activity returned to several Prince Albert businesses Monday as personal services, including nail salons and tattoo parlors re-opened their doors after 75 days of mandated closure. Quy Dinh...
Jun 08, 2020
Buckland council devises flood proof plan
Every year, when the ice on the river breaks and the water rises, property owners in the Shell River Heights sub-division feel the brunt of mother nature, and deal with flooded basements and yards. At...
Jun 08, 2020
Restaurants return to dine-in experience
Residents in the Battlefords can head back to their favourite dining locations which reopened for the third phase of the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan.The reopening is not a completely back to normal. Now...
Jun 08, 2020