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Fewer than 10 asylum seekers tried to cross since border closure: Blair
OTTAWA - The federal public safety minister says fewer than 10 asylum seekers have been turned back to the U.S. since the historic shutdown of the border. Bill Blair provided the figure to the House o...
Apr 20, 2020
Florida jogger dons costume to cheer up neighbourhood
TAMPA, Fla. - More than a week after Easter, there's still one mythical creature hopping around a Florida neighbourhood trying to spread happiness. Corey Jurgensen, 40, donned a 7-foot (2-meter) -tall...
Apr 20, 2020
Jane Goodall talks coronavirus impact, Nat Geo documentary
LOS ANGELES - Even though the planet has reaped the benefits of a cleaner environment from society shutting down during the coronavirus outbreak, Jane Goodall worries about human behaviour resorting b...
Apr 20, 2020
Gov't relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to cry foul even though the loans are within the guidelines of the len...
Apr 20, 2020
JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
MINNEAPOLIS - JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. ...
Apr 20, 2020
University of Alberta nicknames plesiosaur after Dr. Deena Hinshaw
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Dr. Deena Hinshaw has been widely praised for her straightforward yet compassionate manner as she shepherds Alberta through the COVID-19 pandemic.Now the province's chief medical of...
Apr 20, 2020 University of Alberta Faculty of Science
University of Lethbridge axes men's and women's hockey teams, citing budget cuts
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The University of Lethbridge has shut down its men's and women's hockey teams citing three straight years of cuts to its operating grant. "The elimination of the hockey programs is...
Apr 20, 2020
Doug Flutie Jr. a source of inspiration for former CFL quarterback
For much of his life, Doug Flutie has been in the football spotlight. Be it winning the Heisman Trophy, six CFL top player awards, three Grey Cup MVPs or playing 12 seasons in the NFL, accolades and s...
Apr 20, 2020
Liberal changes to media aid plan hint at speedier spending, industry group says
OTTAWA - A news-industry association says the federal government's planned changes to its financial aid for news outlets in Canada should allow more of them to qualify for the financial hel...
Apr 20, 2020
Protesters register frustration in U.S., but experts suspect an ulterior motive
WASHINGTON - The partisan cracks in America's collective effort to combat COVID-19 are growing wider by the day - fuelled, some say, not by grassroots sentiment but by political forces both withi...
Apr 20, 2020