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UCP members pass resolution at AGM calling for privately-funded health care option
EDMONTON - Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party have narrowly endorsed a resolution at their annual general meeting that supports the option of a privately-funded and privately man...
Oct 20, 2020
Dairy farmers demand compensation amid pandemic, citing new losses due to CUSMA
OTTAWA - Canadian dairy farmers are demanding compensation from the government because of losses to their industry they say have been caused by a series of international trade deals. Dairy Farmers of ...
Oct 20, 2020
Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from 5G, calls China biggest threat
Sweden is banning Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from building new high-speed wireless networks after a top security official called China one of the country's biggest threats. The Swedish tele...
Oct 20, 2020
Some long-term care homes can't get insurance, could be force to close: association
Ontario's long-term care homes are having trouble securing liability insurance for COVID-19, a situation that could force some of them to close, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the provi...
Oct 20, 2020
Medically assisted deaths could increase by 1,200 in 2021 under revised law: PBO
OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget office suggests that expanding access to medical assistance in dying would lead to nearly 1,200 more aided deaths next year. The government's bid to e...
Oct 20, 2020
Netflix previews 'Ma Rainey' and Boseman's final performance
NEW YORK - Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfe's August Wilson adaptation "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," showcasing Chadwick Boseman's final performance opposite Viola Davis' powerhouse blues sin...
Oct 20, 2020
Robert Redford's son, James, dies of liver cancer at 58
LOS ANGELES - James Redford, a filmmaker, activist and son of actor Robert Redford, has died. He was 58. Robert Redford's publicist, Cindi Berger, said in a statement Monday that the 84-year-old fathe...
Oct 20, 2020
Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount
NEW YORK - Adam McKay was head writer at "Saturday Night Live" during the 2000 election - a heady era for the sketch show that saw the phrase "strategery" become lodged in the nation's consciousness, ...
Oct 20, 2020
Priest and abstract-expressionist painter Bill Moore dies
LOS ANGELES - Father Bill Moore, a Catholic priest and prominent abstract expressionist who spent decades spreading spiritualism through his paintings, has died at age 71. Moore died Sunday at a South...
Oct 20, 2020
European nations mixed in their response to virus spikes
Countries across Europe are battling coronavirus infection spikes with new lockdowns, curfews, face mask orders and virus tracking smart phone apps. In a small sign of success, Spain's government said...
Oct 20, 2020