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Ont. school board warns that coronavirus concerns veer into anti-Chinese racism
Community organizations are applauding an Ontario school board for taking a stand against racial profiling as the new coronavirus raises concerns about discrimination against Chinese-Canadians. Offici...
Jan 30, 2020
Plane to help 156 Canadians leave China awaits Chinese approval: official
OTTAWA - Canada's top foreign-affairs official says 156 Canadians have asked for help to leave China amid an outbreak of a new virus. Marta Morgan, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, tells a Hous...
Jan 30, 2020
Cenovus credits quota easing as it ramps up crude-by-rail output to 100,000 bpd
CALGARY- An executive with Cenovus Energy Inc. says it produced more crude in December thanks to the Alberta government's decision last fall to allow producers to exceed provincial quotas if they move...
Jan 30, 2020
Poland urged to end 'damaging' impasse at Jewish museum
WARSAW, Poland - Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner - the Polish government - to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum's former direct...
Jan 30, 2020
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr signs contract extension with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - He may be going in as the presumptive starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes, but Vernon Adams Jr. says he'll enter the season with the mindset of fighting to keep that post. The A...
Jan 30, 2020
Suspicious death now a murder investigation
EDMONTON- Police have confirmed that the death of a 24-year-old man last weekend in Edmonton was a homicide.The body of Aaron Watt was found in the driveway of a home that appeared slated for demoliti...
Jan 30, 2020
Remains of 2 US troops recovered from Afghanistan crash site
WASHINGTON - U.S. forces on Tuesday recovered the remains of two American service members killed in the crash of an Air Force plane in Afghanistan, the U.S. military command in Kabul said. They also r...
Jan 30, 2020
Saints helped shape accused clergy list, victim lawyers say
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints maintain their behind-the-scenes public relations work on the area's Roman Catholic sexual abuse crisis was "minimal," but attorneys suing the church allege hundre...
Jan 30, 2020
Bloomberg unveils Super Bowl ad focused on gun violence
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will use his Super Bowl ad to highlight his efforts to combat gun violence as he blankets the airwaves against President Donald Trump. ...
Jan 30, 2020
Saints helped shape accused clergy list, victim lawyers say
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints maintain their behind-the-scenes public relations work on the area's Roman Catholic sexual abuse crisis was "minimal," but attorneys suing the church allege hundre...
Jan 30, 2020