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Tim Hortons is scrapping Roll Up The Rim cups due to the coronavirus
TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is getting rid of Roll Up The Rim cups due to the novel coronavirus and is moving much of the annual contest to its app. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing al...
Mar 08, 2020

Alberta announces more COVID-19 cases; total at one confirmed, three presumptive
EDMONTON - Alberta's top medical official has announced two new presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus in the province. Alberta is now dealing with a total of three presumptive cases and one confi...
Mar 08, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:27 a.m. Alberta's top medical official announced two new presumptive cases of the novel coronavi...
Mar 08, 2020

Bound by music and love: couple married over five decades volunteers annually at Rotary Music Festival
Behind the curtain, the music and the singing is Sherry and Gord Nott. Married for 57 years, their love story, much like the performances at the Rotary Music Festival is one meant for the stage. The c...
Mar 08, 2020 Gord and Sherry Nott stand in front of the College Theatre during the lunch break of the Rotary Music Festival. The festival takes place March 1-14 (Tiffany Goodwein/ CHAT News Today)

Police seeking suspects after abducted Toronto teen found safe, police say
TORONTO - A 14-year-old boy abducted from a Toronto street as payback for his stepbrother's alleged criminal activity has been safely reunited with his family, the city's police chief said Friday as h...
Mar 08, 2020

End of Quebec course on religion and ethics seen as win for nationalists
MONTREAL - Since 2008, elementary and high school students in Quebec have taken a mandatory course aimed at cultivating respect and tolerance for people of different cultures ...
Mar 08, 2020

Meghan urges men to honour the women in their lives
LONDON - Prince Harry's wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has visited a school to offer an International Women's Day message with an appeal to men to honour the women in their lives. The surprise vi...
Mar 08, 2020

Roller-coaster week ends with bond yields, stocks sinking
NEW YORK - A dizzying, brutal week of trading dropped one last round of harrowing swings on investors Friday. After skidding sharply through the day as fear pounded markets, steep drops for stocks and...
Mar 08, 2020

Royal farewell: Harry, Meghan on final duty before new life
LONDON - It's definitely a farewell. But will it be fond? Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will fulfil their final royal commitment when they appear Monday at the annual Commo...
Mar 08, 2020

RCMP helping Ukrainian investigation into Iran's downing of Flight PS752
OTTAWA - The RCMP is helping Ukrainian authorities in a criminal investigation of the downing of Flight PS752, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says. The Ukraine International Airl...
Mar 08, 2020