Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Missouri senator to contest Biden's Electoral College win
WASHINGTON - Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday he will raise objections next week when Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the election, forcing House and Senate vote...
Dec 30, 2020
China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins
MOJIANG, China - Deep in the lush valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harboured bats with the closest known relative to COVID-19. The area is of intense interest beca...
Dec 30, 2020
Vancouver party host out on bail after spending Christmas in jail
VANCOUVER - A man who spent Christmas in jail after police say he hosted parties in violation of public health orders is now bound by bail conditions that require him to answer the door at his home in...
Dec 30, 2020
Quebec Liberal vacationing down south called home by party leader as criticism mounts
Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is being asked to return home amid mounting criticism over his decision to vacation in the Caribbean. A spokesperson for Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade confirmed ...
Dec 30, 2020
Planned increase in CPP premiums on Jan. 1 to hit some workers more due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Come Jan. 1, Canada Pension Plan contributions are going up again, although higher than originally planned. The reason is largely because of the pandemic's effect on the labour market, which ...
Dec 30, 2020
Air travellers will soon have to test negative for COVID-19 before arrival in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada in response to concerns that people vacationing abroad could bring the no...
Dec 30, 2020
Medical and public health experts make list of new additions to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - It was near the end of June that Dr. Vivek Goel decided to give up his job as vice-president research at the University of Toronto to make whatever contribution he could as a public health ph...
Dec 30, 2020
Premier Blaine Higgs looking to use pandemic to 'reinvent' New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Blaine Higgs says 2020 taught him a lot about the importance of perseverance. The New Brunswick Premier says his province held the line this year against COVID-19, guarding Atlantic Cana...
Dec 30, 2020
Quebec leaders forced to confront systemic racism in 2020
MONTREAL - It was a former CFL player and community activist who helped push the concept of systemic racism to the forefront in Quebec politics this year, after forcing the city of Montreal to confron...
Dec 30, 2020
British lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade deal with EU
LONDON - Britain's House of Commons voted resoundingly on Wednesday to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U....
Dec 30, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Tiger Woods should know better after another DUI case
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