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US arrests 2 men accused of aiding ex-Nissan boss' escape
BOSTON - Two Americans accused of helping aid former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges were arrested Wednesday, the Justice Departm...
May 20, 2020
Oprah Winfrey gives $12M to ‘home’ cities during pandemic
NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund. She announced Wednesday that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will don...
May 20, 2020
Annual inflation rate turned negative in April
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate turned negative in April as the economy came to a standstill in the first full month of the pandemic. The agency reports the consumer price in...
May 20, 2020
Details of loan program coming and Trump's use of malaria drug; In The News for May 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 20 ... --- C...
May 20, 2020
Burgers, ice cream, doughnuts and plants: Queues forming for non-essential items
Long lines of people waiting to get into big-box and grocery stores were an early phenomenon of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another type of queue has emerged and it's not for toile...
May 20, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 20, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on May 20, 2020: There are 79,112 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 44,197 confirmed (including...
May 20, 2020
Regions should loosen COVID-19 restrictions on their own timelines: poll
OTTAWA - As provinces take their cautious first steps to allow people back into local businesses, most Canadians say they disagree that province-wide measures are the way to reopen the ...
May 20, 2020
Biden wins Oregon Democratic presidential primary
SALEM, Ore. - Republican voters in Oregon's vast 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday elected a former state senator to be their candidate to replace Rep. Greg Walden, who didn't run for a 12th term ...
May 19, 2020
Construction slated for Finlay Bridge this summer
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Finlay Bridge will be getting a facelift this summer.The scope of the rehabilitation project is to replace the existing asphalt deck with a concrete deck and remove the wood decking...
May 19, 2020