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Federal figures on COVID-19 aid provide window into who needed the help
OTTAWA - Newly released data on emergency COVID-19 aid shows that some of the country's highest income earners used a key benefit for workers. The $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit paid...
Nov 19, 2020
Alek Minassian fantasized about mass shootings, court hears
TORONTO - A psychiatrist at the trial of the man behind Toronto's van attack says Alek Minassian had a long history of fantasizing about shooting other people.Dr. Rebecca Chauhan, who was hired by the...
Nov 19, 2020
Mossimo Giannulli reports to prison in college bribery case
BOSTON - Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters' way into college, officials said. Giannulli's wife, "Full...
Nov 19, 2020
Court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21 temporarily suspended after positive COVID test
MONTREAL - The court challenge to Quebec's secularism law has been temporarily suspended after a person who had attended the proceedings tested positive for COVID-19.Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre ...
Nov 19, 2020
Singh calls for end to for-profit long-term care homes owned by government
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and union officials are calling on Ottawa to put a stop to its role in for-profit long-term care homes, where deadly COVID-19 outbreaks are worsening as the second wa...
Nov 19, 2020
VIDEO: Paragliding over Kamloops Lake is a thrill with a view
SAVONA, B.C. - Many of might love the idea of paragliding high above Kamloops Lake but don't have the... shall we say... courage.A video posted to YouTube recently puts us right in the harness. How lo...
Nov 19, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Facemasks should be worn but not be mandated
IT'S TEMPTING TO CHANGE BAD BEHAVIOUR through mandates. The reasoning is that citizens will stop doing bad things if they are told not to.The problem with mandates is compliance. Unlike laws, which ar...
Nov 19, 2020
GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range
DETROIT - General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years. The technology also wil...
Nov 19, 2020
Calgary-born entrepreneur Rahul Sood buys stake in Sri Lankan cricket team
A millionaire at 19 after creating Voodoo PC, Calgary-born Rahul Sood says he went on to lose most of his bankroll. But there have been more hits than misses thanks to time spent with Hewlett-Packard ...
Nov 19, 2020
Singer Bobby Brown's son found dead at Los Angeles home
LOS ANGELES - Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 28. Los Angeles Police spokesman Officer Jeff Lee said officers were responding to ...
Nov 19, 2020
