Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The count goes on - with Biden on the cusp of presidency
WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden stood on the cusp of winning the presidency Friday night, three days after Election Day, as the long, exacting work of counting votes widened his lead over President Do...
Nov 06, 2020
German police raid homes of 4 men linked to Vienna attacker
BERLIN - Police in Germany on Friday raided the homes and businesses of four men linked to the Islamic State sympathizer who carried out a deadly shooting in the Austrian capital of Vienna this week. ...
Nov 06, 2020
EXPLAINER: What's happening with poll watchers?
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH POLL WATCHERS? The campaign of President Donald Trump says Republican poll watchers are being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots. Not so, say election of...
Nov 05, 2020
Mail-in ballots for Biden in Georgia, Pennsylvania appear poised to seal Trump's fate
PHILADELPHIA - Police formed a barrier of bicycles down the middle of a busy Philadelphia street Friday, a physical manifestation of the political fault line separating euphoric Joe Biden supporters f...
Nov 05, 2020
Australia accuses head of Chinese group of foreign meddling
CANBERRA, Australia - The leader of a Chinese community organization has become the first person to be charged under Australia's foreign interference laws that were passed two years ago, police said T...
Nov 05, 2020
Poll watchers emerge as a flashpoint in battle over ballots
Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying T...
Nov 05, 2020
Election officials worried by threats and protesters
Election officials in several closely contested states said they are worried about the safety of their workers amid threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside vote tabulation centres, drawn by...
Nov 05, 2020
House Democrats blame losses on polls, message, even Trump
WASHINGTON - Their majority shrunk, House Democrats cast blame Thursday on their election message, ground game and leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi's team after expectations for big wins came cra...
Nov 05, 2020
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump
U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic. But in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous s...
Nov 05, 2020
Republicans break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election, saying Trump's comments undermine the U.S. politi...
Nov 05, 2020
OPINION
Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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