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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COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort
PORTAGE, Mich. - The first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the nation's pandemic deaths approached the horrify...
Dec 13, 2020
'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations
VICTORIA - A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has prompted British Columbia's police complaints commis...
Dec 13, 2020
COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers
CALGARY - The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low a...
Dec 12, 2020
Mystery over absence of Algeria leader treated for COVID-19
ALGIERS, Algeria - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune marks a year in office Saturday but he is nowhere in sight since his evacuation to Germany more than six weeks ago for treatment of COVID-19....
Dec 12, 2020
Liberals 'completely unwilling' to hold political parties to account on privacy
OTTAWA - A leading expert on personal-information law says the Trudeau government is unwilling to hold political parties to the same level of accountability it is demanding of other organizations in i...
Dec 12, 2020
As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has been highlighting lots of really big numbers this week: New highs for the stock market. The 100-plus House members backing a lawsuit challenging his election lo...
Dec 12, 2020
Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'
UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan - The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town. Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians...
Dec 12, 2020
Italy's staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions
ROME - Italy is reclaiming a record that nobody wants - the most coronavirus deaths in Europe - after the health care system again failed to protect the elderly and government authorities delayed impo...
Dec 12, 2020
Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support
HONG KONG - Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's ne...
Dec 12, 2020
Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada
OTTAWA - Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn. As one of the last refugees to arrive in Canada befor...
Dec 12, 2020
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