Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Canadians in U.S. fearful, anxious about outcome of American election
OTTAWA - Canada's diplomats were on standby to help Canadians living south of the border if turmoil erupts in the United States after a polarizing presidential election. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia...
Nov 03, 2020
More funding needed to address inequalities harming COVID-19 response: AFN
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations regional chief in Alberta says First Nations' capacities to respond to COVID-19's second wave are dwindling because of health, social and economic inequities.&nb...
Nov 03, 2020
Feds propose changes to Broadcasting Act that may raise $800 million from streamers
Online platforms like Netflix and Spotify may end up spending more than $800 million on Canadian content over the next three years under a series of legislative changes the federal government proposed...
Nov 03, 2020
UK raises terror threat level to severe after Europe attacks
LONDON - Britain raised its terror threat level to severe on Tuesday, its second-highest level, following recent attacks in Austria and France. The threat level of severe means an attack in the United...
Nov 03, 2020
Appeals court declines to ban drive-thru voting in Houston
NEW ORLEANS - A panel of federal appeals court judges has rejected an eleventh hour Republican effort to bar Election Day drive-thru voting in Houston. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orl...
Nov 03, 2020
Liberals' new aid bill faces calls for changes, and for a pause on business audits
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals' latest attempt at providing emergency aid for the country's hard-hit companies and their employees is facing demands for change from businesses and opposition MPs. The L...
Nov 03, 2020
'Vote and get home,' anxious voters say on Election Day
She carefully planned a five-hour drive to the polling place in her Tennessee hometown to vote on Election Day. She considered the traffic, the weather, the surging coronavirus pandemic and - somethin...
Nov 03, 2020
Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP
WASHINGTON - Democrats drove Wednesday toward extending their control of the House for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least six incumbents and failed to oust a...
Nov 03, 2020
2020 Latest: Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 4 a.m. Democrat Joe Biden's campaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump's campaign to go to the U.S. Supre...
Nov 03, 2020
GOP manoeuvrs to challenge battleground absentee ballots
WASHINGTON - Republicans are keeping their legal options open to challenge absentee ballots in Pennsylvania, if the battleground state could swing President Donald Trump's reelection. A top Democratic...
Nov 03, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
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