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Injured vets waiting twice as long as promised to learn if they qualify for aid
OTTAWA - Canadian veterans are being forced to wait on average twice as long as promised to find out whether they qualify for financial help from the government, even as the backlog of unprocessed app...
Jun 01, 2020
'It's unsettling:' Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19
CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard&n...
Jun 01, 2020
Community groups filling gaps in translation of COVID-19 information
VANCOUVER - When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began sp...
Jun 01, 2020
MLS players agree to concessions to return to action at Orlando tournament
TORONTO - MLS players have approved taking part in a summer tournament in Orlando, agreeing to a "package of economic concessions" for the revamped 2020 season in the process. The 26-team le...
May 31, 2020
Police say assault where boy was hit in head with hammer appears unprovoked
WINNIPEG - Police say a Winnipeg teen will likely suffer life-altering injuries after being struck in the head with a hammer during an assault that investigators believe was unprovoked. Police say the...
May 31, 2020
Minnesota attorney general to assist in George Floyd case
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota prosecutor who charged a police officer with murder in the death of George Floyd said Sunday that he asked the state's attorney general to assist in the case. Hennepin Coun...
May 31, 2020
Atlanta mayor: 2 officers fired in 'excessive force' arrests
ATLANTA - Two police officers have been fired and three others placed on desk duty over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident, Atlanta's mayor said Sunday. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms...
May 31, 2020
Crowds protest against anti-black racism, police impunity in Montreal
MONTREAL - Crowds rallied at a Montreal anti-racism protest demanding justice for a black Minnesota man who died following a police intervention last week and other victims of police vi...
May 31, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6 p.m. on May 31, 2020: There are 90,947 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,059 confirmed (including...
May 31, 2020
New Brunswick reports new cases of COVID-19 in long-term care home
FREDERICTON - Public Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 near Campbellton - in the north of the province - bringing to 12 the number of cases in a clu...
May 31, 2020
