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ACAC 2020/21 season cancelled
There will be no 2020/21 season for the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC).Red Deer College announced Wednesday that they and the 16 other post-secondary institutions that participate in the ...
Nov 04, 2020
Services sector expands for fifth straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, registered its fifth consecutive month of expansion in October. The Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday that it...
Nov 04, 2020
US trade deficit falls to $63.9 billion in September
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. trade deficit fell in September after hitting a 14-year high the previous month as exports outpaced imports. The gap between what the U.S. sells and what it buys abroad f...
Nov 04, 2020
Parliamentary budget officer rebukes Trudeau government over spending secrecy
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is calling out the Trudeau government for not providing information on billions of dollars in planned federal spending. The parliamentary budget office takes aim ...
Nov 04, 2020
Trump seeks to stop 'all voting,' but only counting remains
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Elec...
Nov 04, 2020
Pope returns to private library for audience as virus surges
ROME - Pope Francis urged people to follow recommendations from governments and health authorities to prevent coronavirus infections as he returned to his private library for his Wednesday general aud...
Nov 04, 2020
Ontario to lay out next phase of COVID-19 response in Thursday's budget
TORONTO - The Ontario government is expected to lay out the next phase of its COVID-19 response as it presents its first budget since the start of the pandemic on Thursday. The Progressive Conservativ...
Nov 04, 2020
Indian police arrest, charge firebrand TV station founder
NEW DELHI - Indian police on Wednesday said they arrested a firebrand television news anchor and charged him with abetment to suicide in connection with the 2018 deaths of an interior designer and the...
Nov 04, 2020
Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona
PHOENIX - Democrat Mark Kelly won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain, riding Arizona's changing electorate to flip a Republican Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP. Arizona ...
Nov 04, 2020
EXPLAINER: Why AP called Arizona for Biden
WHY AP CALLED ARIZONA FOR BIDEN: The Associated Press has declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner in Arizona, flipping a longtime GOP state that President Donald Trump won in 2016. The AP called the ra...
Nov 04, 2020