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McDermott says there's nothing wrong with errors, as long as you learn from them
Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott doesn't mind errors. And when it comes to coaching, more is actually less for the former England and Great Britain international. McDermott, one of the most succ...
Apr 30, 2020
Feds to ban gun used in Montreal massacre, other assault-style rifles
OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to ban a variety of assault-style rifles, including the type used in the 1989 Montreal Massacre. During the fall election campaign, the Liberals said gun...
Apr 30, 2020
Shuswap businesses begin process of pandemic recovery with support hub
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Shuswap business leaders have begun setting out a plan to get the region's economy back on its feet after the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic.A strategy known as the COVID-19 E...
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Ottawa mayor orders end to ban on window visits in city nursing homes
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he's ordered the people who run the city's nursing homes to find a way to let family members visit residents through windows again. The four municipal homes' administrator...
Apr 30, 2020
Nunavut confirms first case of COVID-19 in Pond Inlet
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it has its first case of COVID-19. The territory's chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, says the case was detected in the community of Pond Inlet. "We di...
Apr 30, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Ageism contributes to poor care in long-term facilities
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has made it clear the disparity of care for residents in long-term care compared to that in hospitals. An indicator of that disparity is the fact that 80 per cent of COVID-19 dea...
Apr 30, 2020 Image Credit: Tania Van den Berghen
US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the new coronavirus was "not manmade or genetically modified" but say they are still examining whether the origins of the pandemic trace to ...
Apr 30, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:45 a.m. Ontario is reporting 459 new COVID-19 cases today, and 86 more deaths - the largest daily death toll ...
Apr 30, 2020
Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North Korea
TOKYO - North Korea's collapse has been predicted - wrongly- for decades. Some said it would happen after fighting ended in the Korean War in 1953. Others thought it would be during a 1990s famine or ...
Apr 30, 2020
About 50 bodies found in trucks outside NY funeral home
NEW YORK - Police were called to a Brooklyn neighbourhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby com...
Apr 30, 2020
