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Canada's PM Trudeau pledges to hold Iran to account for shootdown of Flight 752
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to hold Iran to account after its military shot down a passenger jet in January 2020. Trudeau says he will work with international part...
Mar 19, 2021

Fed to end relaxed capital requirements for large banks
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve says it will restore capital requirements for large banks that were relaxed as part of the Fed's efforts to shore up the financial system during the early days of the ...
Mar 19, 2021

US charges Swiss 'hacktivist' for data theft and leaks
The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a U.S. secur...
Mar 19, 2021

CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer
NEW YORK - Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chor...
Mar 19, 2021

Liberals eye more cash for rapid-housing program as demand outstrips available funds
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's looking for more money to help housing providers quickly build or buy existing structures for affordable housing units. Hussen isn't saying ...
Mar 19, 2021

Variants threatening country's progress in containing spread of COVID-19: Tam
Canada's top doctor says there's concern that an increase in more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus may be threatening the country's progress in containing the spread of infections. Dr. The...
Mar 19, 2021

Next generation of Canadian luge recruits get a snowy, trackless start in Calgary
CALGARY - Tobogganing down a snowy hill isn't how three-time Olympian Tristan Walker got his start in luge, but Luge Canada's recruitment has come to that without access to a sliding track in Calgary....
Mar 19, 2021

Canadian men make two roster changes ahead of Olympic soccer qualifier
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada made two late changes to its roster Friday ahead of its opening match against El Salvador at the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.Citing medical reasons, Can...
Mar 19, 2021

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle just days before the Challenger launch accident to lead NASA. Biden on Friday announce...
Mar 19, 2021

Doctors say getting COVID-19 poses much bigger risk of blood clots
OTTAWA - The national advocacy group for patients with blood-clot disorders says there is a greater risk of getting blood clots from COVID-19 than there is from the vaccine. Thrombosis Canada issued a...
Mar 19, 2021