Newfoundland and Labrador increases COVID-19 restrictions in western region
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As COVID-19 case numbers continue a gradual decline elsewhere in Atlantic Canada, health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador moved Sunday to clamp down on an emerging cluster of infections in the province's western health zone. Dr...
Newfoundland and Labrador increases COVID-19 restrictions in western region
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is increasing restrictions in the province's western region because of an emerging cluster of COVID-19 cases. Medical officer of health Dr. Rosann Seviour says as a result, communities in the Stephenville ar...
Ex-‘Tarzan’ actor among 7 plane crash victims in Tennessee
SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators on Sunday continued searching for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including an actor who portrayed Tarzan in a 1990s
Rule Britannia? Critics question Johnson’s flagship plans
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to build a national flagship to travel the world’s oceans promoting British trade and investment. But critics are suggesting it is he who is at sea.
White House gives GOP 1 week to reach deal on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress ...
Military’s diversity, inclusion efforts plagued by shortcomings: internal review
OTTAWA — An internal Defence Department review completed last fall found significant problems and shortcomings in attempts to promote diversity and inclusion across the Canadian Armed Forces. Those problems included a lack of leadership and insufficien...
Trudeau asks for lowered flags to honour dead residential schoolchildren
TORONTO — Flags on federal buildings will be lowered for the 215 children whose bodies were found at a former British Columbia residential school, the prime minister said Sunday as communities across Canada began mounting their own tributes to the
In South Florida, shootings usher in bloody holiday weekend
MIAMI (AP) — Violence ushered in the Memorial Day weekend in South Florida, when gunmen indiscriminately sprayed bullets into crowds at two Miami venues. Two people died and at least 20 others were injured early Sunday morning during a shooting
U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 10 missing Cubans
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for 10 Cuban migrants who went missing last week after their boat capsized 16 miles south of Key West.
Quebec reports 315 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths as restrictions set to ease
MONTREAL — Quebec's COVID-19 indicators appeared to once again be heading in the right direction on Sunday as the province reported 315 new cases of COVID-19 as well as two additional deaths. Hospitalizations declined by nine to 364, while the number