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OTTAWA - Canada's prison watchdog is raising concerns about the safety, rights and human dignity of prisoners within Canada's federal corrections system, issues he says stem from problems wi...
Feb 18, 2020
VANCOUVER - New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living ...
Feb 18, 2020
TORONTO - Ontario now has no novel coronavirus cases under investigation. A daily update from the provincial government shows that 421 people have been tested in the province over the past several wee...
Feb 18, 2020
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American linebacker Micah Awe to a two-year contract Monday. The six-foot, 225-pound Awe had been on the free-agent market since Tuesday. Awe had 44 ta...
Feb 18, 2020
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal. DeBartolo Jr., who built the San Francisco 49ers' 198...
Feb 18, 2020
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an embargo on oil from the South American co...
Feb 18, 2020
OTTAWA - Chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault says there were no cybersecurity incidents of significance during last fall's federal election campaign. In a preliminary report to Parliament a...
Feb 18, 2020
NAJAF, Iraq - When Iraq's top Shiite cleric underwent surgery for a fractured bone last month, it sent shivers around the country and beyond. "May God heal Iraq," read a photo of Grand Ayatollah Ali a...
Feb 18, 2020
NEW YORK - A jury is expected to begin deliberations Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's trial after often-emotional testimony from multiple women who accused him of sexual assault. The panel of five women ...
Feb 18, 2020
One year ago, almost to the day I stood outside in frigid temperatures as the United We Roll convoy left Red Deer for Ottawa to deliver its message in support of the oil and gas industry on Parliament...
Feb 18, 2020