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WCLC extends lottery ticket claim periods in support of COVID-19 distancing
Lottery players have an additional six months to claim prizes on tickets that would otherwise have expired between March 17 and September 17, 2020.This change is being made by Western Canada Lottery C...
Apr 08, 2020
UK truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese
LONDON - A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated container that had been hauled to England pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday...
Apr 08, 2020
Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand
OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thornhill Medical CEO...
Apr 08, 2020
Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee to challenge Trump
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on W...
Apr 08, 2020
Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre announces new executive director
Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre has announced that JoAnne Hayden has accepted the position of Executive Director, effective May 1. Hayden has spent the last 17 years being an integral part of the...
Apr 08, 2020 JoAnne Hayden
Watchdog: Syrian air force responsible for chemical attacks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The global chemical weapons watchdog issued a report Wednesday blaming the Syrian air force for a series of chemical attacks using sarin and chlorine in late March 2017 on the...
Apr 08, 2020
Critics alarmed by Ontario's testing shortfall
TORONTO - Ontario's overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds ...
Apr 08, 2020
'What's taking so long?' Conservatives call for faster aid for businesses
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says relief from the federal government for small businesses suffering losses due to COVID-19 is not rolling out fast enough. He says the United S...
Apr 08, 2020
Trudeau provides COVID-19 update for April 8
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will share his latest update on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.Trudeau is to speak during a news conference scheduled to...
Apr 08, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shown speaking during a media conference on March 31 (CPAC)
Jean Truchon, who fought to expand medically assisted death, receives procedure
MONTREAL - One of the two Quebecers who successfully fought to expand medically assisted dying has received the procedure. Jean Truchon says in a statement released posthumously that the COV...
Apr 08, 2020