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Conservatives' Scheer urges all-party deal to keep Parliament going safely
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for all the federal parties to strike a deal on a safe way for Parliament to meet. Without one, business is scheduled to resume as norma...
Apr 14, 2020
One man in serious condition after Tuesday morning shooting in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP is investigating a shooting on the North Shore. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in a news release that police responded to a fight near Tranquille Road and Yew Street this morning (Apr...
Apr 14, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
AP Source: Obama to endorse Biden in video on Tuesday
WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama plans to endorse Joe Biden in a video on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party's biggest fundraiser and one ...
Apr 14, 2020
Florida judge: Get out of bed, get dressed for Zoom hearings
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida judge has one request for attorneys showing up for court hearings via Zoom: Get out of bed and put on some clothes! Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey made the plea ...
Apr 14, 2020
Compared to U.S., Canada's COVID-19 response a case study in political civility
WASHINGTON - In the time of the novel coronavirus, Canada and the United States seem to be playing to type: the friendly apologizers of the Great White North coming together against a common enem...
Apr 14, 2020
Tour de France called off amid virus, no new dates set
PARIS - After weeks of holding out hope the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic, the world's most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of ...
Apr 14, 2020
Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for another Olympic postponement
TOKYO - There is no "Plan B" for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said Tuesday. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, ...
Apr 14, 2020
Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to 'Do What You Can'
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus qua...
Apr 14, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:55 a.m. Two residents of another British Columbia care home have tested positive for COVID-19, just days after health o...
Apr 14, 2020
Cuomo says Trump is not a king, can't force states to reopen
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to morning TV shows Tuesday to push back against President Donald Trump's claim of "total" authority to reopen the nation's virus-stalled economy, noting that a preside...
Apr 14, 2020
