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Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19

April 3, 2020

A look at some of the top quotes from on Friday in relation to COVID-19 in Canada:"If we do everything that we can think of — everything that already has been done stays in ...

Patients paying higher dispensing fees as pharmacists limit prescription amounts

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — A new policy that has pharmacists restricting patients to a 30-day supply of their medications means some people are having to pay dispensing fees two or three times...

HBO documentary sheds new light on 'Atlanta Child Murders'

April 3, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Anthony Terrell believes an imprisoned man currently serving two life sentences may not have been the person who murdered his brother as part of a killing spree...

Elton John-led concert to re-air; film academy aids workers

April 3, 2020

From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of ...

David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88

April 3, 2020

FALMOUTH, Maine — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.Driskell was a ...

Brooke Baldwin becomes 2nd CNN on-air person diagnosed

April 3, 2020

NEW YORK — CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin has tested positive for the coronavirus, the second on-air personality at the news network to come down with the disease.In an ...

'Always new expenses:' Lawsuits filed as anniversary of Broncos bus crash nears

April 3, 2020

It's been almost two years since the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and with the solemn anniversary comes a closing legal window that has seen several ...

Former Obama security adviser calls on Canada to show global COVID-19 leadership

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — A former top Obama adviser says Canada's disciplined, science-based approach to the COVID-19 crisis should spur it to pursue greater international leadership on ...

High court postpones April arguments because of coronavirus

April 3, 2020

The Supreme Court on Friday announced it is postponing arguments scheduled for April because of the coronavirus, but the court didn’t rule out hearing some arguments within ...

Being on the East Coast a double-edged sword in COVID-19 pandemic medical battle

April 3, 2020

HALIFAX — Being a small East Coast province in the pandemic is a double-edged sword: there are fewer critically ill patients, but the supply of hospital beds is limited if ...

First Nations face governance crisis as pandemic threatens elections

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — The chief of an Ontario First Nation says her community is caught up in bureaucratic and "paternalistic" voting rules that could leave it with a governance gap in ...

Feds urge med students, retirees to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — The federal government is seeking volunteers with medical experience to provide backup support in the fight against COVID-19.Health Canada is creating a database of ...

CEO out, new board chair in as Liberals shakeup infrastructure bank leadership

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — The federal government is shaking up the...

Campaigning in a time of crisis: Tory leadership candidates carry on

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — Ease into the pitch slowly, get the ...

Feds offer full-time work to all military reservists as part of COVID-19 response

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — The federal government is planning to ...

Grassy Narrows signs deal with Ottawa on mercury poisoning treatment centre

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — The federal government has signed an agreement with Grassy Narrows First Nation that will see a long-promised treatment centre for residents with mercury poisoning ...

Northern residents embrace plan for unique beaded pin honouring COVID-19 workers

April 3, 2020

DAWSON CITY, Yukon — A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North.An administrative assistant at a health...

GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — The federal government is speeding up financial help to low-income earners hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with payments through the GST credit a month sooner than ...

Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online

April 3, 2020

NEW YORK — The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online.Tribeca organizers said Friday that much of its ...

Scheer calls for more oversight of government's COVID-19 response

April 3, 2020

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for the Liberals to be more transparent about their response to the COVID-19 crisis.He wants the government to release ...

3M pushes back on Trump administration order to stop sending N95 masks to Canada

April 3, 2020

WASHINGTON — One of the biggest American manufacturers of protective medical gear went to bat for its Canadian customers Friday as it pushed back against a White House order ...

‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81

April 3, 2020

Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including " Lean on Me, " "Lovely Day" and "Ain’t No Sunshine," has ...

A bleak US jobs report likely portends even deeper losses

April 3, 2020

WASHINGTON — A grim snapshot of the U.S. job market's sudden collapse emerged Friday with a report that employers shed hundreds of thousands of jobs last month because of the...

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