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Indonesian Muslims protest France's defence of cartoon
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded French Embassy in Indonesia's capital on Monday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem c...
Nov 02, 2020
Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb virus
BERLIN - A four-week partial shutdown has started in Germany, with restaurants, bars, theatres, cinemas and other leisure facilities closing down until the end of the month in a drive to flatten a rap...
Nov 02, 2020
Midwestern states with few virus rules have low unemployment
OMAHA, Neb. - Five of the six states with the nation's lowest unemployment rates are in the Midwest, have Republican governors and have almost no restrictions intended to slow the spread of the corona...
Nov 02, 2020
UK court rules against Johnny Depp in libel action
LONDON - Britain's High Court has ruled against Johnny Depp in his libel action against the owner of the Sun tabloid over allegations that he was a "wife beater." In a ruling Monday, Justice Andrew Ni...
Nov 02, 2020
Mental health awareness, suicide prevention program now available across CJHL
Bill Chow remembers what conversations surrounding mental health entailed during his youth. For the most part, there weren't any. "You didn't talk about mental health when I was in school," said the 6...
Nov 02, 2020
Extra mental health supports in place in grief-stricken Quebec after sword attack
QUEBEC - Extra mental health supports have been made available for those in Quebec's capital after the city was shaken by a deadly sword attack on Halloween night. The province's public securit...
Nov 02, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Nov 02, 2020
Gunfire erupts at Kabul University as police surround campus
KABUL - Gunfire erupted at Kabul University in the Afghan capital early Monday and police have surrounded the sprawling campus, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but Inter...
Nov 02, 2020
Late Pozuelo penalty lifts Toronto FC to comeback win over Inter Miami
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Second-half goals by Ayo Akinola and Alejandro Pozuelo lifted Toronto FC to a 2-1 comeback win over expansion Inter Miami in MLS play Sunday. Pozuelo delivered the winner in the...
Nov 01, 2020
Potential Toronto Wolfpack owner willing to play 2021 season in United Kingdom
The potential new owner of the Toronto Wolfpack has offered to play the 2021 season in the United Kingdom. In a letter to Super League and the Rugby Football League, Carlo LiVolsi says playing in the ...
Nov 01, 2020