Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought c...
Dec 27, 2020
Ontario confirms Canada's first two cases of COVID-19 variant discovered in UK
A variant of COVID-19 that has ravaged the U.K. is now in Canada, health officials said Saturday as they announced an Ontario couple had been diagnosed with the contagious new strain. The province's a...
Dec 26, 2020
Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance. Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for t...
Dec 26, 2020
Virus besets Belarus prisons filled with president's critics
KYIV, Ukraine - A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus that are packed with people in custody for demonstrating against the nation's authoritarian president, and some of the protesters who...
Dec 26, 2020
'Shift in perspective:' Indigenous place names moving Canada from colonial past
EDMONTON - To Terri Suntjens, symbolism means everything. That's why she decided to get involved with the City of Edmonton's initiative to rename its wards. Suntjens, who is from the Saddle Lake Cree ...
Dec 25, 2020
A look at the Indigenous names for Edmonton's 12 wards
EDMONTON - The City of Edmonton approved a bylaw earlier this month to change the names of its 12 wards to Indigenous ones. Here are the new names and their meanings: Nakota Isga (Ward 1): (NAH'-koh-t...
Dec 25, 2020
COVID-19 has made its way to second B.C. mink farm, no workers sick
VICTORIA - Minks on a second farm in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Three minks that died on the farm tested positive for the virus...
Dec 24, 2020
GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's sudden demand for $2,000 checks for most Americans was swiftly rejected by House Republicans on Thursday as his haphazard actions throw a massive COVID relief and...
Dec 24, 2020
Pandemic pushed up timeline for long-sought EI review, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says plans to revamp the employment insurance system have been put on a faster path thanks to COVID-19. The pandemic has exposed shortcomings in EI, including tha...
Dec 24, 2020
Military bases struggling with personnel shortages, internal review finds
OTTAWA - An internal review by the Department of National Defence has revealed Canadian military bases across the country are struggling with several problems, starting with severe shortages of person...
Dec 24, 2020
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