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6 days ago

Hockey Legend Balbir Singh Sr passes away

Three-time Olympic gold medallist hockey player Balbir Singh on Monday passed away at the age of 95 after battling multiple health issues."Balbir Singh passed away this morning," Balbir's grandson Kabir said in a statement.The ve...

7 days ago

Doug Ford asks Ontario residents ‘to go get tested’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged people to get tested for COVID-19 if they wanted to, while admonishing Torontonians who crowded into a popular downtown park yesterday. Ford said the only way to reach testing capacity in the provin...

9 days ago

Federal parties tap wage subsidy program to avoid layoffs as donations dry up

Federal political parties are tapping into the emergency wage subsidy program to avoid laying off their staff as donations dry up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal and Conservative parties have both been approved to recei...

9 days ago

Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes near Karachi airport

Pakistan's civil aviation authority says at least two people survived the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines plane in a neighbourhood close to the airport in Karachi.There were 91 passengers and seven crew members aboard t...

9 days ago

Feds will fund COVID-19 testing, tracing and data-sharing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will fund provinces' efforts to test people for COVID-19, track the contacts of those who test positive, and help different jurisdictions share data.Trudeau says the measur...

10 days ago

"Second wave of COVID-19 could sweep back into BC", 12 more cases reported

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says chances are that a second wave of COVID-19 could sweep back into BC along with other colds and flu in the fall. Dr. Henry says they've been watching a similar pattern elsewhere an...

10 days ago

Trudeau pledges help to increase COVID-19 testing in Ontario and Quebec

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will be speaking with the premiers today about how Ottawa can help provinces massively scale up their COVID-19 testing capacity to fend off a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus. He...

10 days ago

Trudeau promises $75M more for off-reserve Indigenous services

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is sending $75 million to organizations that help Indigenous people living in urban areas and off reserves through the COVID-19 pandemic. The government had previously prom...

10 days ago

Masks problematic for asthmatic, autistic, hearing-impaired people

Autism Canada and Asthma Canada are just two of the organizations raising issues about the wearing of face masks. Even as she was encouraging people to wear masks in public to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Chief Public Hea...

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2 days ago

Locust operations conducted in various locations in India

Several locust operations were conducted at 15 locations in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Friday by Locust Control Offices (LCOs), in the wake of locust swarm in those regions. Many districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Bikaner, Jodhpur, ...

2 days ago

Fourth straight day of less than 1,000 COVID-19 cases in Canada

There are 89,418 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 50,232 confirmed (including 4,363 deaths, 15,9...

2 days ago

US terminates relations with WHO

US President Donald Trump has announced that the US will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Org...

2 days ago

Four new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., no new deaths reported

The province is reporting just four new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. That brings the total number of cases...

2 days ago

Joe Biden says he has spoken with the family of George Floyd, calling for justice

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he has spoken with the family of George Floyd and is ca...

2 days ago

Former hotel puchased in Campbell River to house residents displaced by a blaze

The provincial government has purchased a former motel in Campbell River to house residents displaced by a blaze that left 92 people homeless in that city in April. BC Housin...

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