Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Books, physical rigour stoke hope for Kovrig as 'two Michaels' mark two jailed years
OTTAWA - In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chine...
Dec 10, 2020
Premiers 'very disappointed' PM wouldn't talk health-care funding at meeting: Legault
OTTAWA - Premiers expressed disappointment Thursday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to accede to their demand for an immediate infusion of at least $28 billion more each year in annual fed...
Dec 10, 2020
Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband
VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump's election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight
AUSTIN, Texas - A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling "the big one" in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewi...
Dec 09, 2020
Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III says greed hinders aid to poor
WASHINGTON - Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the "great lie of our times" that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in...
Dec 09, 2020
Oregon eviction protest fueled by history of gentrification
PORTLAND, Ore. - Protesters barricaded streets in a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood and set booby traps for police after officers arrested about a dozen people in a clash over gentrification and the e...
Dec 09, 2020
Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included id...
Dec 09, 2020
Minneapolis approves cuts to police budget, not staffing
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs - but ...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is questioning the sincerity of Conservatives who contend they're holding up a bill on assisted dying because it doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable people ...
Dec 09, 2020
Hunter Biden tax probe examining Chinese business dealings
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is investigating the finances of President-elect Joe Biden's son, including scrutinizing some of his Chinese business dealings and other transactions, a person fami...
Dec 09, 2020
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