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MPs reviewing virtual voting options to bolster COVID-19 Parliament
OTTAWA - Virtual voting options are under review by the committee of MPs tasked with figuring out how to run Parliament in the COVID-19 era. Speaker Anthony Rota told MPs today that virtual voting cou...
Jul 06, 2020
Health officials report no new COVID-19 cases on Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer of health is warning that the five new cases of COVID-19 discovered over the weekend indicate the province is still susceptible to the...
Jul 06, 2020
Man accused in Rideau Hall crash had rifle, shotguns, high-capacity magazine: RCMP
OTTAWA - Police say the man charged with ramming a truck through a gate at Rideau Hall last week was armed with two shotguns, a rifle and a revolver, and threatened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Newly...
Jul 06, 2020
NHL says 5% of players have tested positive for COVID-19 at voluntary workouts
NEW YORK - The NHL says 35 total players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus over roughly the past month. The league says 23 of 396 players checked for COVID-19 at team facilities have...
Jul 06, 2020
Spring Training 2.0: Jays set to begin camp in Toronto ahead of 60-game season
TORONTO - The Blue Jays appear set to resume training camp at Toronto's Rogers Centre after arriving in the Ontario capital on Sunday night from the team's spring-training home of Dunedin, Fla. C...
Jul 06, 2020
Planned class-action lawsuit alleges illegal strip searches of federal prisoners
OTTAWA - A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges authorities illegally strip searched Canadian federal prison inmates hundreds of thousands of times over almost three decades. A statement of claim fil...
Jul 06, 2020
Canadian guard Pangos signs with Russian team after two years with Barcelona
Kevin Pangos is on the move to Russia after Barcelona chose not to re-sign the Canadian guard. The 27-year-old from Holland Landing, Ont., signed with Zenit Saint-Petersburg, the Russian club ann...
Jul 06, 2020
Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred Monday to New York to face charges that she recruited women and girls, one as young as 14, for him to sexually abuse, the Bureau...
Jul 06, 2020
Accidents lead to at least one fatality Sunday
KAMLOOPS - Some serious accidents in our area this weekend. Two air ambulances were used to airlift victims of what is believed to have been a two-vehicle accident on the Mamette Lake Road between Mer...
Jul 06, 2020
Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review
FARGO, N.D. - A federal judge on Monday sided with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down until more environmental review is done. In a 24-page order, U.S. D...
Jul 06, 2020
