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Rockets hit US base in Afghanistan, no casualties reported
KABUL - Five rockets were fired at a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, but there were no casualties, NATO and provincial officials said. The rockets hit Bagram Airfield, said Wahida Shahkar,...
Dec 19, 2020
Singh strives to carve out space for NDP as Tories, Liberals target his turf
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is being squeezed. Crowded on one side by spend-happy Liberals, on another by socially conscious Greens and, most recently, by Conservatives homing in on working-class voters, t...
Dec 19, 2020
A year of COVID-19 has reversed a decade of progress helping world's poor: Gould
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould isn't running any victory laps despite ending 2020 by doing what so few of her political predecessors could - wrestling a sizable increase in C...
Dec 19, 2020
Carole James, former B.C. finance minister, says she was driven to give back
VICTORIA - Carole James says she was still deciding whether to run in British Columbia's provincial election earlier this year when a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease gave her the answer. It was last ...
Dec 19, 2020
India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip
NEW DELHI - India's confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination i...
Dec 18, 2020
Lowry scores 25 points, but Raptors lose to Heat in 1st game at temporary Tampa home
TAMPA, Fla. - One of the first things Nick Nurse noticed when he walked onto the floor of Amalie Arena was the Toronto Raptors' 2019 NBA championship banner hanging from the rafters. "It certainly giv...
Dec 18, 2020
13 y/o one of three arrested for robbery and assault in Ponoka
A 13-year-old male youth was one of three suspects arrested after a woman was assaulted and robbed Wednesday night in Ponoka. It was just before 11 p.m. when Ponoka RCMP received a 911 call reporting ...
Dec 18, 2020
Illegal winery busted at Alabama town's sewage plant
RAINSVILLE, Ala. - Sheriff's officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said in a s...
Dec 18, 2020
NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season
The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side's executive board and Canadian health officials. The season w...
Dec 18, 2020
Alberta launches new system to track drug overdose deaths
The Government of Alberta is launching what it calls the most comprehensive opioid surveillance system in the country.Up-to-date data on deaths and EMS calls will now be shared monthly as opposed to t...
Dec 18, 2020