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No winning ticket for Friday night's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million dollar jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. There were also two Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but neither was claimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Mar.

Mar 14, 2020 4:34 AM Read more >

Canada's prisons preparing for COVID-19, want public to limit visits

Canadian prison officials say they are adopting an existing flu-outbreak plan in preparation for the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping across the country.

Mar 14, 2020 3:37 AM Read more >

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:10 p.m. Ontario is barring personal visits to inmates in its adult provincial jails to try to keep COVID-19 out.

Mar 14, 2020 1:32 AM Read more >

Call out to retired doctors: you're needed if COVID-19 keeps spreading in Canada

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's call for recently retired doctors to return to work if the COVID-19 pandemic worsens is spurring other provinces to make similar emergency preparations, says the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Br

Mar 14, 2020 1:00 AM Read more >

Peer harm reduction workers move to unionize in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

VANCOUVER — When the overdose crisis struck British Columbia four years ago, Dave Apsey was among a small group of people in a unique position to respond.

Mar 14, 2020 1:00 AM Read more >

Man sentenced for decade-old assaults

Darcy Cooper, 28, was sentenced March 13 to a 90-day conditional sentence for violent assaults on his former girlfriend almost a decade ago. Cooper appeared by video in Fort St.

Mar 13, 2020 9:25 PM Read more >

Concerns raised over COVID-19 outbreak plans for Indigenous communities

Ottawa's plans to respond to possible COVID-19 outbreaks in remote, fly-in and already vulnerable Indigenous communities are getting a failing grade from opposition politicians who say they display a troubling misunderstanding of the needs and condit

Mar 13, 2020 7:37 PM Read more >

COVID-19 update: no public gatherings over 250 people, second presumptive case in Saskatchewan announced

Premier Scott Moe held a press conference on Friday to announce there has been a second case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, and measures being implemented to avoid the rapid spread of the virus.

Mar 13, 2020 6:25 PM Read more >

Area hospitals taking COVID-19 measures

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in the region issued statements Friday informing members of the public about measures they can take to protect themselves during this difficult time.

Mar 13, 2020 5:44 PM Read more >

Premiers warn billions more needed from feds to weather COVID-19 crisis

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus — but heard that much more will be needed to weat

Mar 13, 2020 5:24 PM Read more >