Murray Wood: All hail the placekicker! Except when he misses
Alex Hale was supposed to make us forget about Brett Lauther, but how can we? Murray Wood says Hale has struggled, while...
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Addressing mental-health issues linked to pandemic looming issue in 2021, Bains says
OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister says the country faces mounting mental health concerns that the government will have to address in 2021. Navdeep Bains says he has heard more stories about the ment...
Dec 29, 2020
Poll suggests low levels of satisfaction over Prairie premiers handling of pandemic
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the premiers of Canada's three Prairie provinces are lagging counterparts from the rest of the country when it comes to how local residents feel they are managing the COVI...
Dec 29, 2020
A pandemic, economic questions and leadership rumblings in Manitoba politics
WINNIPEG - The COVID-19 pandemic will shape Manitoba politics in many ways in 2021.There will be an ongoing attempt to control outbreaks of the novel coronavirus and to keep hospitals from being overw...
Dec 29, 2020
Confrontation of Black teen at NYC hotel under investigation
NEW YORK - A confrontation in which a man said a woman tackled his 14-year-old Black son in a New York City hotel lobby as she falsely accused the teen of stealing her phone is under investigation, ci...
Dec 28, 2020
Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defence bill
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defence policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including...
Dec 28, 2020
China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years
BEIJING - A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of "picking fights and provoking trouble," ...
Dec 28, 2020
Amid pandemic, Pacific islands work to offset food shortages
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Coronavirus infections have barely touched many of the remote islands of the Pacific, but the pandemic's fallout has been enormous, disrupting the supply chain that brings crucial...
Dec 28, 2020
Biden warns of Trump officials' 'roadblocks' to transition
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden is warning of massive damage done to the national security apparatus by the Trump administration and "roadblocks" in communication between agency officials...
Dec 28, 2020
Marc Basnight, longest serving NC Senate leader, dies at 73
RALEIGH, N.C. - Former state Sen. Marc Basnight, a Democrat from North Carolina's barrier islands who became one of North Carolina's most powerful contemporary political leaders while serving a record...
Dec 28, 2020
Ontario government facing criticism after COVID-19 shots slowed over holidays
The Ontario government has come under fire from critics after COVID-19 immunizations ramped down over the holidays. The Ministry of Health said in a statement Monday that hospitals administering the v...
Dec 28, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Oprah Winfrey is trying to rewrite history
Oprah has been asked to look back on her infamous interview with Prince Harry and Megan Markle. But rather than review h...
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