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Mexican protest singer Oscar Chávez dies of COVID-19 at 85
MEXICO CITY - One of Mexico's best-known protest singers, Oscar Chvez, died Thursday at age 85 after being infected with the coronavirus. Mexico's culture secretary confirmed the singer's death, and t...
May 01, 2020
Kelly Rowland: ‘Coffee’ song, video is my ode to black women
NEW YORK - Kelly Rowland says her new single "Coffee" and its accompanying music video is her "ode to the beauty of black women." Rowland debuted the breezy R&B track and video featuring black wom...
May 01, 2020
Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
NEW YORK - Anderson Cooper is a father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn't believe would ever happen. Cooper announced the birth of his son, Wyatt, Thursday evening on his show and ...
May 01, 2020
C.D. Howe's Business Cycle Council says country has entered a recession
TORONTO - The C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council says Canada has entered a recession due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released Friday, the council...
May 01, 2020
Duchess of Sussex loses first round in privacy claim
LONDON - The Duchess of Sussex has lost an early round in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday newspaper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father. Meghan is suing for invasion o...
May 01, 2020
COVID-19 threat to Indigenous people and quaratine stream; In The News for May 1
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 1 ... --- COVID-1...
May 01, 2020
COVID-19 threat to First Nations, Inuit communities grows as it eases elsewhere
OTTAWA - The federal government will be under pressure today to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit commu...
May 01, 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. ET on May 1, 2020: There are 53,236 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 27,538 confirme...
May 01, 2020
China likes Canada's 'cool head' amid U.S. 'smears' over COVID-19, says envoy
OTTAWA - China's envoy in Ottawa says that while the United States is "smearing" his country over COVID-19, the People's Republic appreciates Canada's "cool-headed" co-operation on battling the pandem...
May 01, 2020
Day 3 of search for 5 Canadian service members after helicopter crashes into sea
OTTAWA - The search for five Canadian service members enters the third day today after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece during a NATO training mission. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jona...
May 01, 2020