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$1.1B for research, trials, testing and modelling for COVID-19
The country's scientists and researchers are getting extra help as the fight against COVID-19 rages on in Canada and around the world.Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau announced $1.1 billion for a nation...
Apr 23, 2020
Expansion Ottawa Aces rugby league team plans Canadian tryouts in the fall
The Ottawa Aces want you. The fledgling transatlantic rugby league team is planning tryouts for elite Canadian athletes in the fall in Ottawa, pending any COVID-19 restrictions. Those who survive the ...
Apr 23, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:25 a.m. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is asking the federal government to give local governments bill...
Apr 23, 2020
New home sales plunge 15.4% in March as virus hits
WASHINGTON - U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as the coronavirus-related shutdowns that began in the middle of the month began to rattle the housing market. The Commerce Department reported ...
Apr 23, 2020
Premier thanks Saskatchewan for COVID-19 efforts ahead of phased approach to normality
PRINCE ALBERT, SK - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe delivered a strong message of thanks to the public Wednesday evening recounting how far the province had come in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.And...
Apr 23, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Supreme Court will not hear appeal challenging law on succession to the throne
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a bid to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. The Canadian law stems from a 2011 agreement among Commonwealth ...
Apr 23, 2020
Top court won't hear bid to broaden Phoenix pay system class action
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a bid to have more federal civil servants included in a class-action lawsuit against the government over the faulty Phoenix pay system. The system, i...
Apr 23, 2020
Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home
Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home. Gross-Matos is one of 58 prospects...
Apr 23, 2020
Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors
Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine. Increasingly, filmmakers are coming from the ranks of stuntmen and stunt co-ordinators, whose years of accompl...
Apr 23, 2020
Whitney Houston biopic in the works
LOS ANGELES - A feature film about Whitney Houston's life is in the works from the screenwriter of "Bohemian Rhapsody." The biopic is being shepherded by the Whitney Houston Estate, music producer Cli...
Apr 23, 2020