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Rome-based UN food agency grapples with Italian coronavirus lockdown
OTTAWA - These days, no roads lead to Rome for David Beasley. The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program made that clear on a trip to Ottawa this week, where he was trying to rais...
Mar 12, 2020

Labour, biz leaders urge federal-provincial common front on COVID-19 impact
OTTAWA - Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic ...
Mar 12, 2020

Indigenous leaders to meet with premiers, Trudeau
OTTAWA - Leaders of Canada's national Indigenous organizations say they hope talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers will lead to greater movement on implementing the&...
Mar 12, 2020

The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear
BEIRUT - As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and govern...
Mar 12, 2020

Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom
SEATTLE - Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe. The ...
Mar 12, 2020

Kings stay hot, beat Senators 3-2 for seventh straight win
LOS ANGELES - Martin Frk scored the go-ahead-goal in the third period, Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Wednesday night for their sev...
Mar 11, 2020

On virus response, Trump pitches tax relief to wary Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's proposed payroll tax break met with bipartisan resistance Tuesday on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the administration and Congress to work more vigorously to...
Mar 11, 2020

Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The...
Mar 11, 2020

Rebels earn 6-2 road win over Swift Current
The Red Deer Rebels closed out their two game road trip with a 6-2 win Wednesday night over the Swift Current Broncos. Jaxsen Weibe opened up the scoring for the Rebels 8:36 into the first period, dri...
Mar 11, 2020

Shea Theodore scores winner, Golden Knights beat Oilers 3-2 in overtime
EDMONTON - The Vegas Golden Knights have earned a bit of a cushion in the standings with another strong road performance. Shea Theodore scored the overtime winner as the Golden Knights maintaine...
Mar 11, 2020