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'These spaces are lifelines:' Nunavut lockdown leaves some with nowhere to go
IQALUIT - Caribou stew simmers on a stove top while a staff member chops vegetables in an empty dining room, the sounds of his blade echoing off the walls as it hits the cutting board. This is t...
Nov 25, 2020
National child-care system would boost women's job numbers and economy, report says
OTTAWA - A new report estimates that hundreds of thousands of women could get back into the labour force if the Liberals follow through on a pledge to create a national child care system. The paper to...
Nov 25, 2020
Christmas traditions axed as pandemic sweeps rural Kansas
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. - It's barely a town anymore, battered by time on the windswept prairie of northwest Kansas. COVID-19 still managed for find Norcatur. Not much remains of the rural hamlet, save for...
Nov 24, 2020
EXPLAINER: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods
BEIJING - China says it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food, but how valid are its claims and how serious is the threat to public health? Frozen shrimp imported from an Ec...
Nov 24, 2020
California OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutor...
Nov 24, 2020
Ex-Mexico treasury chief rejects 2nd set of accusations
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's former treasury and foreign relations secretary, Luis Videgaray, angrily denied accusations Tuesday by a lawyer for another former Cabinet secretary who claimed he used embezzle...
Nov 24, 2020
Kamloops KidSport and Pacific Sport Interior supporting local athletes
KAMLOOPS --- This year of the pandemic has touched everyone in one way or another.It has taken away much of the regular routine, impacting the growth physically, mentally and socially of young athlete...
Nov 24, 2020
Despite reduction, Canada calls U.S. softwood lumber duties 'unfair,' 'unjustified'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government says American duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports continue to be "unfair" and "unjustified," even if they have been reduced. An administrative re...
Nov 24, 2020
Province backs mandatory mask rules with $230 fines for non-compliance
VICTORIA - The province has extended enforcement around a recently implemented mask mandate - with $230 fines for those who refuse to follow the rules. In a release today (Nov. 24), the province says ...
Nov 24, 2020
Kamloops aiming to launch pilot composting project next fall, following local private companies
KAMLOOPS - It's pick-up day for Friendly Composting, unloading buckets of organic materials and offloading them into the company's compost bins. The company was started by Katie Forsyth and roommate C...
Nov 24, 2020
