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  • Sri Lankan president flees the country amid economic crisis

    July 12, 2022 - 9:33 PM

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away in the middle of the night only hours before he was to step down amid a devastating economic crisis that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.

  • France eases mask rules; will end nightly virus curfew

    June 16, 2021 - 9:41 AM

    PARIS (AP) — France on Wednesday eased several COVID-19 restrictions, with authorities saying it's no longer always mandatory to wear masks outdoors and halting an 8-month nightly coronavirus curfew this weekend.

  • Happy Monday? England embarks on major easing of lockdown

    March 29, 2021 - 9:57 AM

    LONDON - It's been dubbed Happy Monday — the day people could put on a bathing suit and swim in an outdoor pool for the first time in months, or rusty golfers strove to hit their drives down the middle of the fairway.

  • Retail therapy, last pints: England readies for new lockdown

    November 04, 2020 - 6:53 PM

    LONDON - Last-minute shoppers in England came out in force Wednesday and thirsty drinkers enjoyed their final freshly poured pints in a pub for the next month before Britain joins swaths of Europe in a coronavirus lockdown designed to save its health care system from being overwhelmed.

  • Whitmer: Gyms can open; contact sports resume, but unadvised

    September 03, 2020 - 5:48 PM

    LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday that gyms can reopen after 5 1/2 months of closure and additional organized sports can resume if masks are worn — lifting some coronavirus restrictions that lasted longer in Michigan than in many states.

  • Ontario allows families to expand social circles to 10 people

    June 12, 2020 - 1:15 PM

    TORONTO - Families in Ontario can now expand the number of people they have close contact with to 10, as the province moved Friday to further loosen public health restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Most regions outside Toronto-Hamilton area moving to Stage 2 of reopening

    June 08, 2020 - 12:53 PM

    TORONTO - Most Ontario regions outside the Toronto area will be allowed to open more businesses and activities Friday, including restaurant patios, hair salons and swimming pools as the province takes a regional approach to reopening.

  • Military reports 'shocking' conditions in Ontario nursing homes

    May 26, 2020 - 3:01 PM

    TORONTO - A new report from the military helping battle COVID-19 in five long-term care facilities in Ontario has revealed extreme neglect and exposed the extent of the ugly conditions facing residents, prompting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to offer help for what he called an infuriating situation.

  • Ontario stage one reopening includes stores, surgeries, tennis, dog grooming

    May 14, 2020 - 3:53 PM

    TORONTO - Ontarians will be able to go shopping, play tennis and take their pets to the vet next week, but they should still avoid visiting friends and family, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.

  • Despite jarring jobs numbers, Canada, U.S. plotting different exit strategies

    May 08, 2020 - 2:41 PM

    WASHINGTON - In the shark-infested seas of the world's new normal, Canada and the United States are in the same leaky economic boat — but one is bailing water while the other swims for shore.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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