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No charges pending after weekend clash between protesters turns violent
UPDATE [11:45 a.m.] Mayor Tara Veer has released the following statement:"The City of Red Deer is aware of and shares the public's strong concerns regarding the escalated protests that occurred in our...
Sep 22, 2020
EU postpones summit after Michel goes into quarantine
BRUSSELS - The European Union summit has been postponed for a week because EU Council President Charles Michel has gone into quarantine after a close collaborator was diagnosed with COVID-19. Spokesma...
Sep 22, 2020
COVID-19 limits possibilities for former prime minister John Turner's state funeral
OTTAWA - Planning for a state funeral for former prime minister John Turner is proceeding in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, as his family and the government determine how to honour his public li...
Sep 22, 2020
Complaint flushed: No charge in toilet election display
MASON, Mich. - A prosecutor in Michigan has flushed a complaint about a toilet that was promoted as a place to drop absentee ballots. The election clerk in Ingham County informed police about a toilet...
Sep 22, 2020
US homes sales rise 2.4% in August
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Sales of existing homes rose 2.4% in August to its highest level since 2006 as the housing market recovers from a widespread shutdown brought on by the coronavirus outbreak. The N...
Sep 22, 2020
Ottawa affirms Mi'kmaq treaty rights in Nova Scotia lobster dispute
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - The federal government is affirming the Mi'kmaq First Nation's treaty rights in an ongoing dispute with non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia. Fisheries Minis...
Sep 22, 2020
Virus scales down December Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony
COPENHAGEN - The award ceremony for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, traditionally held at the Oslo city hall on Dec. 10, will instead be held in scaled-down form at the city's university because of the co...
Sep 22, 2020
Justice Dept.: 179 arrested in darknet opioid takedown
WASHINGTON - Law enforcement officials arrested 179 people and seized more than $6.5 million in a worldwide crackdown on opioid trafficking on the darknet, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. Th...
Sep 22, 2020
Canada set to announce funds to help with international COVID-19 vaccine procurement
OTTAWA - The Canadian government will sign on to a global vaccine procurement program and by week's end hopes to announce how much money it will pledge to the cause. Procurement Minister Anita A...
Sep 22, 2020
The latest developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 9:40 The federal Public Health Agency of Canada says it will release updated modelling today on the spread of COVID-19....
Sep 22, 2020