ed 3 new deaths from COVID-19 reported in Waterloo region By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:30:13 EDT Ten new cases of COVID-19 reported as of Friday morning, bringing the total of cases to 897. Three more people in Waterloo region have also died from COVID-19. Full Article News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo
ed Half of COVID-19 cases in Waterloo region marked as resolved By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:04:08 EDT About half of the confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Waterloo region have been marked as resolved, according to numbers released by Region of Waterloo Public Health on Saturday. Full Article News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo
ed Claypool, Gallimore top-rated Canadian prospects available in 2020 NFL Draft By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:11:04 EDT Winnipeg Blue Bombers GM Kyle Walters isn't spending much time evaluating Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore and Notre Dame receiver Chase Claypool, as neither are expected to set foot in the CFL for some time, if ever. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed CFL asks federal government for $150 million to help cope with shutdown By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:58:41 EDT The Canadian Football League is asking the federal government for up to $150 million in financial assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Article Sports/Football/CFL
ed Trudeau says federal officials in talks with CFL about $150M request By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:09:38 EDT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is in discussions with the CFL, which is seeking financial support to help with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Article Sports/Football/CFL
ed Saskatchewan's Phase 2 plan updated to allow shopping malls to open, stores can accept returns By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 18:59:29 EDT The NDP wants the Saskatchewan government to delay Phase 2 of its reopening plan, currently scheduled for May 19. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatchewan
ed Sask. economy has hopefully 'bottomed out' after losing 53,000 jobs in April, says economist By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:30:15 EDT Saskatchewan's unemployment rate soared in April due to the COVID-19 economic shutdown but an economist says it's not likely to get much worse. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatoon
ed Seeds of hope: Spring on the farm brings new beginnings, no matter what we've gone through By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:00:00 EDT As a farmer, spring means a fresh start, a chance for new life, hope and opportunities. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatchewan
ed Saskatoon police looking for three suspects after two men allegedly forcibly confined, assaulted By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:49:07 EDT Police say the two men, ages 38 and 45, were confined and assaulted in a motel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive on Tuesday between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. CST. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatoon
ed Saskatoon woman with COVID-19-like symptoms says it took 5 days to get tested after referral By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:54:46 EDT Full Article News/Canada/Saskatoon
ed Canadian receiver Chase Claypool selected by Steelers in 2nd round of NFL draft By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:36:44 EDT The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Canadian receiver Chase Claypool in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night. Claypool was the 17th player taken in the round, 49th overall. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed NFL to match at least $5M US raised by fans through draft telethon By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:26:31 EDT Clunky at times, poignant at others, and exceptionally entertaining in spots, the NFL draft entered its third and final day with Cincinnati selecting an Appalachian State linebacker on Saturday. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed Tampa mayor offers lighthearted apology to star QB Tom Brady By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:00:41 EDT Mayor Jane Castor has issued a letter of apology after Tampa didn't exactly give the best of welcomes to one of its newest and most famous residents when NFL superstar Tom Brady was ejected from a downtown park while working out. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed Canadian NFLer Duvernay-Tardif joining medical front line in Quebec By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:43:41 EDT A Quebec-born Super Bowl champion is making the move from the offensive line to the medical front line. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed NFL planning to kick off full season as scheduled By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 17:17:42 EDT The National Football League (NFL), the only major American sporting league so far largely unaffected by the coronavirus outbreak, says it is on course to begin its season on time in September. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed NFL schedule released per usual as league continues to plan for normal season By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 21:00:29 EDT The Kansas City Chiefs will open defence of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on Sept. 10 in the NFL's annual kickoff game — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course. Full Article Sports/Football/NFL
ed TransLink suspends service reductions, rescinds layoffs By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 14:02:23 EDT TransLink is suspending the service reductions it planned for later this month and is rescinding layoff notices to around 1,500 employees. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed Vancouver to run 'micro-wedding' pilot project this summer By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 19:57:53 EDT The space near City Hall will allow weddings celebrations with up to 10 people. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed Backcountry users reminded to use caution as SAR teams see increase in incidents By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 21:49:20 EDT Adventure Smart says search and rescue incidents increased 35 per cent last week, compared to the same time last year — and during the COVID-19 pandemic, SAR teams have to do extra work for each call. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed Evacuation order and alert issued due to landslide risk in Quesnel, B.C., area By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 21:30:43 EDT An evacuation order and alert have been issued for eight properties near Quesnel, British Columbia, due to risk of a landslide from flooding. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed Boa constrictor, weapons seized from Oppenheimer park by Vancouver police By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 22:36:12 EDT Vancouver police officers have seized an eight-foot boa constrictor and multiple weapons from a tent at the Oppenheimer park encampment in Vancouver. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. on May 8, 2020 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:00:00 EDT B.C.'s unemployment rate grew by over four points in the month of April due to COVID-19, rising to 11.5 per cent. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. on May 9, 2020 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:00:00 EDT Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will give her daily briefing at noon. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed 5 charts that show how COVID-19 has changed Metro Vancouver By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:00:00 EDT There's no question that COVID-19 has uprooted the lives of people across Metro Vancouver and around the world. Data can be one way to show how, exactly, the pandemic has changed the way we move and operate in our daily lives. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed Lonely, bored, and anxious: One senior's life inside a locked-down retirement home By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 13:00:59 EDT Visits to long-term care homes and some retirement homes across B.C. have been restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and one senior says life inside is very challenging. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ed Weird, cute big-eyed sugar gliders: the new pet craze By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 08:00:00 EST Sugar gliders — cute little marsupials from Australia and Indonesia — are an up-and-coming exotic pet in Atlantic Canada. But are they as sweet as they look? Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
ed Giant, record-class walleye caught and released near Dryden, Ont. By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 06:30:00 EDT A man from Vermilion Bay, Ont., caught and released a fish that he says could have challenged a 70-year-old record for walleye last weekend. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
ed How a $5 roadside tortoise turned into a Halifax icon By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:52:47 EDT Gus has been captivating visitors to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History for more than seven decades. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ed How a package to 'a farm situated up a long drive with cows' got to its destination By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:43:17 EDT A New Zealand mail carrier made it her mission to deliver a package that was vaguely addressed to "Phil and Kay," located "opposite Cust pub or thereabouts." Full Article Radio/As It Happens
ed Watch as a Saskatchewan woman saves the day for a perplexed porcupine By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:02:59 EDT A Saskatchewan woman's helping hand — or window scraper — has gone viral this week, with a video showing her assist a beleaguered porcupine garnering more than 1.2 million views on Facebook. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatchewan
ed Distressed seabird rallies after dinner and a warm bed in Newfoundland home By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 07:30:00 EDT When Antje Springman spotted something huddled outside her home, she thought it was one of her chickens. It turned out to be a Great Cormorant. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ed Hundreds of 'perfectly good boots' trashed at Yellowknife dump, people snatch them up By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:00:00 EDT Where are they from? Why are they there? Crates full of steel-toe boots showed up at the Yellowknife dump last week. Now they're almost gone. Full Article News/Canada/North
ed Ronaldo Souza scratched from Saturday UFC card after positive coronavirus test By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:09:56 EDT UFC 249 will proceed as planned Saturday night despite Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza being ruled out Friday following a positive test for the coronavirus. He was scheduled to oppose Uriah Hall in Jacksonville, Fla. Full Article Sports
ed Truth gift-wrapped - Kosovo By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Two villages. 207 New Testaments. Countless steps. The Transform team walk from home to home, sustained by prayer. Full Article
ed Persecuted, not forsaken - Laos By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 A young lady in a small Laotian village is pressured to recant her faith or jeopardize her educational future. Full Article
ed Broken but saved by grace - Chile By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 OM Chile team member Marloes Achterveld witnesses God change the life of a homeless man. Full Article
ed Transit through the storm - Macedonia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 “The timing couldn’t have been worse for refugees from Syria passing through Macedonia.” An OM worker shares about conditions in a Macedonian refugee transit camp. Full Article
ed Wounded feet, healed heart - Moldova By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Their desire to help leads a Love Moldova outreach team to a woman whose loss of her toes leads to the salvation of her soul. Full Article
ed Woman at centre of deadly drugstore stabbing could be allowed to live in community: review board By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 16:37:03 EDT A woman found not criminally responsible for fatally stabbing a stranger in the heart at the makeup counter of a Toronto drugstore five years ago could ultimately be allowed to live in the community if the mental health facility where she is staying decides she can, the Ontario Review Board says. Full Article News/Canada/Toronto
ed 44 positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Conestoga Meats: public health By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:27:55 EDT Region of Waterloo Public Health says there are 44 positive cases of COVID-19 at the Breslau meat processing facility Conestoga Meats. Full Article News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo
ed Having COVID-19-related dreams? Two Toronto filmmakers want to draw them By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 16:26:00 EDT Hanna Jovin and Adrian Morphy say many, including themselves, have been experiencing strange and vivid dreams since the pandemic began and the pair decided to illustrate and share them on social media. Full Article News/Canada/Toronto
ed Family of Toronto PSW who died of COVID-19 says his death was due to lack of PPE at his workplace By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 22:38:20 EDT Leonard Rodriquez's grieving loved ones say he was a man who would drop everything to help those in need. But they say his death could have been prevented if he'd had the personal protective gear he needed to do his job. Full Article News/Canada/Toronto
ed I was totally prepared to quarantine for COVID-19 — and my family got it anyway By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Living on a 10-acre plot of land 100 kilometres outside Toronto, David Stevens thought he and his family were well prepared to ride out the COVID-19 quarantine. But after a call from his mother, he learned that even the best laid plans can go wrong. Full Article Radio
ed Former provincial lab on Huron Church Road could have tested for COVID-19 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:00:00 EDT Located on Huron Church Road, the lab was one of 12 such facilities run by the Ontario government, and processed tests for diseases like tuberculosis and West Nile virus. But it was demolished to make way for the Herb Gray Parkway. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
ed For past 2 weeks, this Windsor resident handed out food and necessities to those without a home By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 07:05:40 EDT Every few days for the past two weeks, Windsor resident Joseph Antone has loaded up his red pick-up truck with food, water, fruit and other essential supplies for people who need it most. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
ed Frost, record-breaking low temperatures expected for Windsor-Essex Friday night By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:40:53 EDT If you think it's cold this morning, just wait — the forecast low for Friday night is –3 C. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
ed Community spread blamed for over half of Ontario's new COVID-19 cases, 'perplexing' top doctor By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:35:27 EDT After several days in which fewer than 400 cases of COVID-19 were added to the provincial tally, Friday's report was up again, with 477 new cases reported. Full Article News/Canada/Toronto
ed OPP officer punished after delays allow driver to evade prosecution in fatal Kingsville crash By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:16:54 EDT An Essex County OPP officer has been slapped with a cut in pay because of "inexplicable" investigative delays into a fatal collision, allowing the at-fault driver to "evade criminal prosecution." Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
ed 14 patients died at Windsor's field hospital, most did not want resuscitation says chief of staff By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:43:55 EDT Of the 58 people who have died due to COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex, 14 of them were patients at Windsor Regional Hospital's field hospital. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
ed Essex County OPP release sketch of man who allegedly impersonated an officer By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:51:52 EDT According to OPP, a man allegedly pulled over a woman on April 23 driving on Naylor Side Road near the intersection of North Talbot Road, while "wearing clothing resembling the uniform of a police officer." Full Article News/Canada/Windsor