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Canadian companies uncover market for mask accessories amid COVID-19
TORONTO – When COVID-19 began spreading across Canada and face masks became the year’s hottest…
Nobel UN food agency warns 2021 will be worse than 2020
TANZANIA, Tanzania – The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize…
Tam warns of increasing pressure on hospitals as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
TORONTO – The rising tide of COVID-19 infections across much of Canada threatens to swamp…
Missing Vancouver Island couple, dog found alive after spending night in truck
NANAIMO, B.C. – Police say a Vancouver Island couple that went missing earlier this week…
Trump thrills protesting supporters with motorcade drive-by
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump delighted supporters gathered near the White House on Saturday with…
TRENDING NOW: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is having a reunion
Will Smith published a teaser for a reunion for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which…
B.C. court dismisses hospice society’s appeal in medically-assisted dying dispute
VANCOUVER – A hospice society in Delta, British Columbia, has lost another court attempt to…
Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’
LOS ANGELES – Gillian Anderson's portrayal of British political leader Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown”…
B.C. Liberals set some guideposts to renew party after losing ground in B.C. election
VANCOUVER – The executive of the B.C. Liberal Party has met to set a road…
PM warns premiers that feds don’t have ‘infinite’ resources to assist COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning premiers that provinces need to take stronger…
Breakthrough for women: Miami Marlins hire Kim Ng as GM
MIAMI – Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three…
‘Science is working:’ Canadian experts say evolving mask guidance to be expected
Public health messaging over face masks changed again this week when the U.S.-based Centers for…
TRENDING NOW: Smooth kid tries to pull one over on sports talk show
This 15-year-old kid from the UK tried calling a sports radio show, but there was…
B.C. top doctor says Santa ‘probably’ immune to COVID but Christmas will be different
VICTORIA – British Columbia's top doctor has some good news about Christmas. Dr. Bonnie Henry…
B.C.’s top doctor says contact tracing resources stretched to the limit
VICTORIA – British Columbia's top doctor says contact tracers are "stretched to the max" and…
NHLers weigh in on the idea of an all-Canadian division: ‘It would be pretty unique’
Mitch Marner was asked recently about the possibility of the NHL going with an all-Canadian…
AC/DC is back and fighting off the black with new album
LOS ANGELES – Through decades, deaths and disasters, AC/DC keeps thundering on. Forty-seven years along,…
Canadian singer The Weeknd to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES – Canadian singer The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the…
To help economies, bank proposes tax on working from home
LONDON – White collar staff reaping the financial benefits of working from home should be…
UN: 870K measles cases in 2019, highest number in 23 years
LONDON – The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in…
Canadian cannabis, psychedelics industries cheer state measures in U.S. election
TORONTO – Canadian cannabis and psychedelics companies that have been eyeing the U.S. market have…
Clinicians worry pandemic is worsening youth mental health
VANCOUVER – British Columbia's children's representative says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inadequacies in mental…
TRENDING NOW: The best hole-in-one ever caught on camera
Golf fans take note as professional golfer Jon Rahm sunk an amazing hole-in-one this week, skipping…
Future of business travel unclear as virus upends work life
Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the lucrative business travel industry. A partner account…