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Fewer people plan to attend virtual or in-person Remembrance Day ceremonies: poll
Fewer people plan to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies or wear poppies this year, according to a poll from Historica Canada that also suggests knowledge of Canadian military history is dwindli...
Nov 10, 2020
'Cultural genocide:' Nunavut passes changes to education, language protection acts
IQALUIT - A bill passed in the Nunavut legislature that will shape how Inuit languages are taught in school for years to come is being called a form of cultural genocide. The territory's original Educ...
Nov 10, 2020
Murder trial for Alek Minassian, man accused in Toronto van attack, to get underway
TORONTO - The trial for the man who killed 10 people and hurt 16 others after driving a van down a Toronto sidewalk is set to get underway today. Alek Minassian, 28, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces 10 c...
Nov 10, 2020
Group cites 'unconscionable delay' by RCMP in court bid for watchdog report
OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters. The British Columbi...
Nov 10, 2020
Two-thirds of Canadians would support a COVID-19 curfew if pandemic severe: Poll
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians say they would support a curfew if the COVID-19 pandemic became serious enough, according to a new poll.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian S...
Nov 10, 2020
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
PARIS - In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 p...
Nov 10, 2020
It's done: The NBA comes back on Dec. 22, a 72-game season
It's official: The NBA is coming back Dec. 22. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced Monday night that they've struck a deal on rules for this coming season, setting the st...
Nov 09, 2020
Asia Today: Shanghai airport worker gets virus; 8,000 tested
BEIJING - Authorities in China's financial hub of Shanghai have quarantined 186 people and conducted coronavirus tests on more than 8,000 after a freight handler at the city's main international airpo...
Nov 09, 2020
Liberal MP resigns from caucus after employing sister in constituency office
TORONTO - A Toronto MP says she's leaving the Liberal caucus over allegations she employed a relative at her constituency office.Yasmin Ratansi, who represents Don Valley East for the Liberals, says i...
Nov 09, 2020
30 month sentence for woman convicted in Inglewood bust
One of two people charged in a significant drug, weapons and stolen property bust in southeast Red Deer last year where police laid 141 charges has been handed a global sentence of 30 months behind ba...
Nov 09, 2020