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Class-action lawsuit in investment case can go ahead, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a class-action suit over personal investments can proceed against a Montreal-based financial services firm. Between 2005 and 2007, Ronald Asselin purchased pr...
Oct 30, 2020
Group launches legal action against N.B. government for greater abortion access
FREDERICTON - A national civil liberties group has filed legal notice in the first stage of a suit against the New Brunswick for lack of access to abortion. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association ha...
Oct 30, 2020
Texas early voting exceeds total of all 2016 ballots
AUSTIN, Texas - Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016, an unprecedented surge of early voting in a state that was once the country's most ...
Oct 30, 2020
Scientists link high levels of genetic material from virus in blood to severe COVID
HALIFAX - Canadian immunologists say they're finding telltale markers in patients' blood that help predict the severity of COVID-19 and could lead to more targeted treatments. David Kelvin, a Dalhousi...
Oct 30, 2020
Former FIFA official guilty, PSG head cleared at Swiss trial
BELLINZONA, Switzerland - A former high-ranking FIFA official was convicted Friday in a corruption case in Switzerland, while the president of Paris Saint-Germain was acquitted. Jrme Valcke was found ...
Oct 30, 2020
Federal Conservatives say $5.6 million in third quarter a record level of donations
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they raised $5.6 million from nearly 40,000 people between July and September. The party says it was their best three months of fundraising outside an elec...
Oct 30, 2020
Over 3 million cases of coronavirus reported in Mideast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The number of reported coronavirus cases has gone over 3 million in the Middle East, an Associated Press count showed Friday, with the true number likely even higher. Acr...
Oct 30, 2020
Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost marry in private ceremony
LOS ANGELES - Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot a year after engagement. Meals on Wheels America announced Thursday on Instagram that Johansson and Jost married over the weekend in ...
Oct 30, 2020
Carnegie Hall to remain closed through April 5
NEW YORK - Carnegie Hall has extended its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic through April 5. The decision announced Thursday leaves only the possibility of performances at the very tail end of t...
Oct 30, 2020
US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.4% in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.4% in September, a modest gain but far less than the big increases of late spring, adding to concerns that Americans remain cautious with the ...
Oct 30, 2020