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Fake test kits and other COVID online scams play on public anxiety: fraud centre
VANCOUVER - The new coronavirus has spawned an increase in online and telephone crime, targeting anxious Canadians who are self-isolating at home in front of their computers, experts sa...
Apr 02, 2020
Feds asked to automatically approve veterans' claims backlog amid COVID-19 fears
OTTAWA - One of Canada's largest veterans' organizations is urging the federal government to automatically approve roughly 44,000 outstanding applications for disability benefits to help injured veter...
Apr 02, 2020
Feds amplify stay-home message as cost of compensating for financial loss mounts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers are expected today to amplify their message that Canadians have a duty to stay home, even as the massive cost of compensating them for doi...
Apr 02, 2020
Royal Canadian Legion branches adapt to support veterans during pandemic
TORONTO - Royal Canadian Legion branches are adapting their services to support veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the national organization warns financial pressures could ...
Apr 02, 2020
Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
KARACHI, Pakistan - A Pakistani court Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl. Instead, th...
Apr 02, 2020
New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85
NEW ORLEANS - Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85. New Orleans Mayor LaToya C...
Apr 01, 2020
Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Thursday in relation to COVID-19: "If we all stopped moving for two weeks and nobody talked to anybody for two weeks and we all just staye...
Apr 01, 2020
Toronto imposes mandatory quarantine for infected to help contain COVID-19
TORONTO - Canada's most populous city has imposed a mandatory home quarantine on residents infected with COVID-19, as officials move to "aggressively halt" the spread of the virus. Toronto Mayor John ...
Apr 01, 2020
Donald Trump says Canadians on two stranded cruise ships will be heading home
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. President Donald Trump says there are plans to remove nearly 250 Canadians from two cruise ships and get them back to Canada. The U.S. Coast Guard has directed a...
Apr 01, 2020
B.C. health officer says homemade masks may prevent spread of COVID-19 to others
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says wearing homemade or non-medical masks may prevent people from spreading droplets that cause COVID-19, but wearing a mask likely does l...
Apr 01, 2020
