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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Toronto company's new app aims to help U.S. voters assess polling station conditions
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Voters in the United States are shattering turnout records despite long lineups, fear of civil unrest and the dangers of COVID-19 - and a Canadian company is doing its part to prot...
Oct 26, 2020
Report warns taxpayers are spending more on privatized Defence Department services
OTTAWA - Two unions representing Canadian defence employees are calling on the federal government to stop privatizing National Defence services. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Union of ...
Oct 26, 2020
Four Moe Years: Scott Moe and Saskatchewan Party defeat NDP for 4th straight majority
SASKATOON - Scott Moe led his Saskatchewan Party into rare territory Monday winning a fourth straight majority for the longest-serving government in the country.The centre-right party was elected or l...
Oct 26, 2020
Lithuania swings to the centre-right as opposition wins vote
VILNIUS, Lithuania - A centre-right coalition in Lithuania, led by the conservative Homeland Union, is headed back to power after eight years in the opposition after winning the most votes in a weeken...
Oct 26, 2020
Halloween goes on at the White House with a few twists
WASHINGTON - With a bit of rejiggering, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump played host Sunday to hundreds of superheroes, unicorns, skeletons and even a miniature version of themselve...
Oct 26, 2020
Trump, Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania amid pandemic
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden zeroed in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania on Monday, demonstrating starkly different approaches to rallying voters j...
Oct 26, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of truce violations
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday accused each other of violating the new cease-fire announced the day before in a bid to halt the fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Kara...
Oct 26, 2020
Angry women block traffic across Poland over abortion ban
WARSAW, Poland - Women's rights activists and many thousands of their supporters held a fifth day of protests across Poland on Monday, defying pandemic restrictions to express their fury at a top cour...
Oct 26, 2020
Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath
WASHINGTON - Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump's nominee days befor...
Oct 26, 2020
Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Dems' advantage
With eight days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year's presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in ...
Oct 26, 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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8:30 - As Canada continues to deal with trade tensions and tariff threats from the United States, there has been growing...