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Opposition Conservatives gather to plot strategy for Commons' return
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer gathers his MPs and senators around him today to plot strategy for Parliament's return on Monday. The caucus retreat comes at a time when many Tori...
Jan 24, 2020
Chances of Canadian virus outbreak low, says official, as China widens lockdown
The chief medical officer says Canada's chances of getting a coronavirus outbreak is low as China locks down more cities in an effort to contain its spread. Dr. Theresa Tam says as of Thursday there a...
Jan 24, 2020
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The...
Jan 24, 2020
'I would not go' to China says B.C. resident concerned about coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A woman who has regularly visited China from her home in Delta, B.C., says she would not travel there over concerns about a new coronavirus that is spreading ...
Jan 24, 2020
Saskatchewan lab joins global effort to develop coronavirus vaccine
SASKATOON - As Canadian public health agencies prepare to deal with a new viral illness, a specialized lab in Saskatoon is using its research on different strains of the coronavirus to help devel...
Jan 24, 2020
Social controls, SARS experience help China close off cities
BEIJING - Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Com...
Jan 24, 2020
Legal chaos deepens in Poland in new challenge for the EU
WARSAW, Poland - Legal chaos has deepened dramatically in Poland following the passing of legislation that will allow the government to fire judges whose rulings it does not like - even when those rul...
Jan 24, 2020
Mexico sees rise in gangs, vigilantes recruiting children
MEXICO CITY - One day after a vigilante group revealed that it was using children as young as 8 as "recruits" for armed defence patrols, Mexico's president said Thursday that drug cartels too are recr...
Jan 24, 2020
New strikes, protests as France unveils retirement bill
PARIS - French unions are holding last-ditch strikes and protests around the country Friday as the government unveils a divisive bill redesigning the national retirement system. Travellers faced renew...
Jan 24, 2020
Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars
MUNICH - Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Auschwitz. Although she has no conscious memories stre...
Jan 24, 2020