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'Hardship is not a new thing': Nunavut fights COVID-19 as cases continue to rise
IQALUIT - It has been just over two weeks since Nunavut declared its first case of COVID-19, but it's still unknown how 84 people were infected so quickly in the territory. Nunavut is home to about 39...
Nov 20, 2020
Spokesman: Trump's eldest son tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON - A spokesman says President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been infected with the coronavirus. The spokesman says the younger Trump learned his diagnosis earlier this wee...
Nov 20, 2020
Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on US vote are from Trump
WASHINGTON - Russia didn't have to lift a finger. In the weeks before the U.S. presidential election, federal authorities warned that Russia or other foreign countries might spread false information a...
Nov 20, 2020
Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots
MADISON, Wis. - The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin's two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump's campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of...
Nov 20, 2020
Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden's victory as criticism mounted that his fut...
Nov 20, 2020
NY's Cuomo to receive International Emmy for virus briefings
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to soon receive an International Emmy award for his once-daily televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that killed tens of thousands of New Yor...
Nov 20, 2020
Mayor: Wisconsin mall shooting injuries not life-threatening
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - A shooting at a mall in a suburb of Milwaukee left multiple people with non-life-threatening injuries Friday, according to the city's mayor. Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride said in an...
Nov 20, 2020
Red Deer with 118 active COVID-19 cases as Alberta sets another daily record
For the second day in a row, Alberta is reporting a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases. The province reported 1,155 new cases on Friday out of about 17,000 tests, according to Dr. Deena Hinshaw, ...
Nov 20, 2020
Extend mandate of election-interference warning panel, evaluation recommends
OTTAWA - A new evaluation says the Trudeau government should consider activating its election-interference warning system not just during the next general campaign but also in the pre-writ period. For...
Nov 20, 2020
Judge to seal interviews of Minassian that psychiatrist says may incite violence
TORONTO - The judge overseeing the van attack trial has begrudgingly granted a request to seal all recordings of interviews the accused had with an American psychiatrist who had warned the videos coul...
Nov 20, 2020