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Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested th...
Feb 27, 2020

Virus outbreak stalks markets as 2020 gains get wiped out
LONDON - Global shares fell sharply once again Wednesday as fears over the speed of the new coronavirus around the world accentuated. With the spread around Europe gathering pace - Greece became the l...
Feb 27, 2020

Stocks open sharply lower; Dow 10% below recent record high
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street, extending a weeklong rout and bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average 10% below the record high it hit two weeks ago. Investors continue t...
Feb 27, 2020

Husky Energy reports $2.3B Q4 loss
CALGARY- Husky Energy Inc. reported a loss of $2.34 billion in its latest quarter as it took asset impairment and other charges related to its long-term price assumptions and reductions in its long-te...
Feb 27, 2020

Nova Scotia coast chosen as potential home for retired whales raised in captivity
SHERBROOKE, N.S. - A U.S.-based conservation group has chosen a site in Nova Scotia where it plans to build a kind of retirement home for whales raised in captivity. The Whale Sanctuary...
Feb 27, 2020

Canada's quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months
OTTAWA - Canada's long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government announced Tuesday it is giving jet makers another three months to submit their propos...
Feb 27, 2020

Calgary father convicted in toddler's death granted parole
CALGARY- A father found negligent in the death of his 14-month-old son has been granted parole eight months into his sentence.Jeromie Clark and his wife were each sentenced in June to 32 months in pri...
Feb 27, 2020

IOC member casts doubt on postponing or moving Tokyo Games
TOKYO - A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers ar...
Feb 27, 2020

IOC member casts doubt on postponing or moving Tokyo Games
TOKYO - A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers ar...
Feb 27, 2020

Province introduces bill to amend liquor laws
EDMONTON- Albertans could soon be allowed to consume alcohol in parks if a new bill introduced Wednesday gets passed in the legislature.Bill 2 was introduced by Grant Hunter, the Associate Minister of...
Feb 27, 2020