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Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
Paddling put on hold, with cancellation of 2020 Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival
KAMLOOPS - Local dragon-boaters will set down their paddles and drums this summer, with the 2020 Dragon Boat Festival officially cancelled. In a release today (May 4), the Kamloops Dragon Boat Festiva...
May 04, 2020 (Image Credit: Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival / Twitter)
Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth
Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...
May 04, 2020
Quebec police probing 3 cellphone tower fires, possible link to conspiracy theory
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec are investigating whether recent fires at three cellphone towers north of Montreal are connected and if they have anything to do with global conspiracy theories l...
May 04, 2020
BC Transit fare collection and front-door loading to return in June
KAMLOOPS - Starting next month, front door loading, and fare collection will continue with B.C Transit buses- including those in Kamloops. In a release, BC Transit says on June 1, new enhanced safety ...
May 04, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Nicolas Cage to star as Joe Exotic in limited TV series
LOS ANGELES - The Joe Exotic phenomenon keeps growing, with Nicolas Cage to star in a TV miniseries about the colorful wild animal owner made famous by the "Tiger King" docuseries. The TV series is th...
May 04, 2020
GINTA: It can be easy to cook up learning opportunities for your child
THE HOME I GREW UP IN had a large garden area. As a kid, I'd join my grandparents or parents there, asking a million questions and indulging in seasonal treats: carrots straight out of the ground, mos...
May 04, 2020 Image Credit: Anna Prosekova
Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
OTTAWA - A former Canadian justice minister says Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass...
May 04, 2020
New this week: A Bieber reality show, comics and their moms
Bored with your surroundings? Justin and Hailey Bieber are showing off their lives in their Toronto home in a new series, while Hulu this week is premiering a documentary looking back at an early 1990...
May 04, 2020
New book aims to portray 'real' Prince Harry and Meghan
LONDON - Freed from the constraints of life as full-time royals - and enmeshed in a feud with Britain's tabloid press - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to tell their story in a book penned by sy...
May 04, 2020
