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Quebec reports 969 new cases of COVID-19 as death toll linked to virus rises by 28
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 969 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Health authorities said today another 22 deaths newly linked to the ...
Oct 15, 2020
Canada's Chenard calls an end to storied career as international soccer referee
Veteran Canadian official Carol Anne Chenard has retired from International soccer after some 15 years as a FIFA international referee. The 43-year-old from Summerside, P.E.I., was slated to work the ...
Oct 15, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 783 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths related to the coronavirus. Health Minister Christ...
Oct 15, 2020
Top court to examine payment for classroom use of copyrighted works
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the issue of fair payment for the use of copyrighted works in the classroom. The top court agreed to hear the case in response to appeals from York...
Oct 15, 2020
Supreme Court decision paves way for Lascaris libel action against B'nai Brith
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision gives lawyer and human-rights advocate Dimitri Lascaris the green light to pursue a libel action against a national Jewish group. The top court has declined...
Oct 15, 2020
Harris suspends travel after staffer tests COVID-19 positive
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Thursday that vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris will suspend in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign...
Oct 15, 2020
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Aga Khan lobbying case
OTTAWA - A court ruling today means the federal lobbying commissioner won't be taking a fresh look at whether the Aga Khan broke rules by giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a vacation in the Bahamas...
Oct 15, 2020
Indigenous lobster fishery presses ahead despite confrontations in Nova Scotia
DIGBY, N.S. - A First Nations chief says his band's self-regulated lobster fishery in Nova Scotia will press ahead despite opposition from non-Indigenous commercial fishers that erupted in threats and...
Oct 15, 2020
Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains
JOTOLCHEN, Mexico - The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the future of a generation of the world's children, depriving them of schooling and sending them to work. Across the developing world, two d...
Oct 15, 2020
'Bad Hombres' film uses baseball to show the game of borders
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - People have always crossed borders to play baseball, and the sport routinely reaches across borders to fans. But rarely do players have to cross a border almost every day to partici...
Oct 15, 2020
