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Veterans minister boasts of backlog reduction attributed to COVID-19 problems
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay is boasting about a reduction in the number of outstanding requests for assistance from veterans with disabilities, even though advocates say COVID...
Nov 12, 2020
Quebec government to present economic update later today
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is scheduled to present an economic update this afternoon that will reflect the damage of COVID-19 to the province's finances. Last month, Girard told a legis...
Nov 12, 2020
Supreme Court to examine minimum sentences for fentanyl trafficking
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the question of minimum prison sentences for fentanyl trafficking. The high court has agreed to jointly hear the appeals of two men who received st...
Nov 12, 2020
UN: 74 migrants drown after boat breaks down off Libya coast
CAIRO - At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the U.N. migration agency said, in the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks i...
Nov 12, 2020
Alberta plans joint men's and women's curling championship, no "bubble"
SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. - Alberta intends to hold its provincial men's and women's curling championships jointly in January. Curlers won't "bubble" at the Jan. 25-31 events at Sylvan Lake's NexSource Centr...
Nov 12, 2020
The Weeknd to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES - The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the three-time Grammy Award winner will be...
Nov 12, 2020
Thanks to USMCA, working-class Americans will be integral to future U.S. trade policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Experts say Donald Trump's lasting legacy may well be that working-class Americans get more of a say in U.S. trade policy. That could make Canada's job more difficult when it ...
Nov 12, 2020
Howard, Boston lead AP women's basketball All-America team
Rhyne Howard is rewriting the record books at Kentucky and she is only a junior. Now the Wildcats star is the first player from the school to be honoured as a preseason All-American by The Associated ...
Nov 12, 2020
Fire aboard shrimp trawler off Newfoundland started in sauna: investigation report
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire in January aboard a large factory-freezer trawler started in the ship's sauna as the vessel was catching and processing shrimp off the co...
Nov 12, 2020
Federal government expected to announce help for Canadians in Hong Kong today
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce long-awaited plans today to help Canadians living in Hong Kong amid the Chinese clampdown on democracy in the territory. Immigration Minister Ma...
Nov 12, 2020