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B.C. announces 11 new COVID-19 deaths in past 48 hours
VICTORIA - Over the past two days, there have been 11 deaths due to COVID-19 in B.C.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said in her daily news conference on Monday (Apr. 13), that there have be...
Apr 13, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
Drop in noise pollution means a data boom for earthquake scientists
OTTAWA - For earthquake scientists, having hundreds of millions of people off the streets and out of the skies is providing a bonanza of data about the planet. All those planes, tr...
Apr 13, 2020
Concrete room saves Mississippi family of 4 from twister
MOSS, Miss. - With a tornado bearing down on their rural home, Andrew Phillips told his wife to grab their two children and get into the safest place they had: A small room built from concrete blocks....
Apr 13, 2020
Storm tears through South amid pandemic; at least 22 dead
CHATSWORTH, Ga. - Storms that killed at least 22 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and ...
Apr 13, 2020
Northern miners concerned federal COVID wage subsidy leaves them in the cold
YELLOWKNIFE - Northern miners say the federal government's wage subsidy program to get the country through the COVID-19 pandemic leaves them out in the cold. Tom Hoefer of the Northwest Territories an...
Apr 13, 2020
Quebec puts five long-term care homes under watch, promises more inspections
MONTREAL - Quebec has placed an additional five private long-term care homes under watch amid concerns that they're not able to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Francois Legault...
Apr 13, 2020
Fifty-hectare wildfire near Merritt being held
KAMLOOPS - It was an active weekend for firefighters within the Kamloops Fire Centre, but it appears the future will be short for a couple of blazes that popped up.The most significant fire ignited Su...
Apr 13, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Pixar's summer release 'Soul' postponed to November
NEW YORK - Pixar's "Soul," the last major release planned for June, has been postponed to November because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that "Soul" won't open June...
Apr 13, 2020
Bulls fire Forman, announce Karnisovas hire, reassign Paxson
CHICAGO - The Chicago Bulls fired general manager Gar Forman on Monday, while officially hiring Denver Nuggets GM Arturas Karnisovas as their executive vice-president of basketball operations and movi...
Apr 13, 2020
Game off: Youth baseball leagues scrambling amid pandemic
PITTSBURGH - The end to months of fundraising, planning and practice ended with a press release and tears. Mike DeLuca envisioned his youngest son, John, capping his baseball career the same way most ...
Apr 13, 2020
