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UPDATE 9:24 p.m. Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings, knocked out power to thousands and threatened to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland in a region already pounded…
BREAKING NEWS: PHU declares an outbreak in its own Hearst office. Two employees have tested positive. Details to follow. Case 96 of COVID-19 has surfaced in Porcupine Health Unit territory again, somewhere between Hearst and Hornepayne. The unidentified patient is in self-isolation. The health unit is looking into how that…
VANCOUVER — British Columbia added another 217 cases of COVID-19 to the provincial total on Tuesday, as health officials provided clarification on their new mask recommendations. The update from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and deputy health minister Stephen Brown pushed the total number of cases identified in B.C.…
Spin Master Corp. says it has signed a deal to buy Rubik’s Brand Ltd, owner of the Rubik’s Cube. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available. The Rubik’s Cube was invented by Erno Rubik in 1974 and launched globally in 1980. The puzzle toy went on to become…
LiveUpdated Oct. 27, 2020, 5:54 a.m. ET Oct. 27, 2020, 5:54 a.m. ET The country has averaged at least 71,000 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week, the most in any seven-day stretch of the pandemic. Heres what you need to know: The United States reported more than 74,300…
Toronto police say they are still investigating the details of a dispute that led to the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man outside a Scarborough LCBO on Sunday evening. The shooting took place in the parking lot of an LCBO location on Danforth Road, near Victoria Park Avenue, at around…
A 21-year-old man has been identified as the victim killed in a shooting in an LCBO parking lot after an alleged dispute over social distancing in Scarborough. Police were called to the area of Danforth Road and Victoria Park Avenue at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday for reports of a…
