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Amnesty International raises Greta sticker in letter to Trudeau, premiers
CALGARY - Amnesty International says a sexually suggestive decal appearing to show teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg raises wider human rights concerns. The secretary general of the group's Cana...
Mar 11, 2020
Raptors guard Norman Powell named Eastern Conference player of the week
NEW YORK - Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week. Powell averaged a conference-best 31.3 points last week as the Raptors picked up thr...
Mar 11, 2020
Canucks rookie Hughes putting together banner season: 'We're lucky to have him'
Bo Horvat needed to see less than two periods of Quinn Hughes to realize he was different. Playing in his first NHL game towards at the end of another lost Vancouver Canucks' season last March, the th...
Mar 11, 2020
Cavalry FC signs centre back Robert Boskovic on loan from Toronto FC 2
CALGARY - Cavalry FC has acquired Robert Boskovic from Toronto FC on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old centre back from Mississauga, Ont., played more than 50 games for Toronto FC 2 p...
Mar 11, 2020
Madrid to close all schools for 2 weeks after virus spike
MADRID - Spain's health minister reported a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in and around Madrid and said all schools in the capital region, from kindergartens and universities, would close for two w...
Mar 11, 2020
NewsAlert: Feds to deliver budget March 30
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal Liberals will deliver the budget for this year on March 30. This year's budget will be the first of the government's minority mandate, and will ...
Mar 11, 2020
Canadian boxing team in holding pattern after Olympic trial event cancelled
Canada's boxing team is in limbo after the cancellation of the Americas Olympic qualifying event in Argentina amid the threat of COVID-19, the condition caused by an outbreak of the novel co...
Mar 11, 2020
Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada
VANCOUVER - Canada reported its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a long-term care home in North Vancouver, health officials said. British Columbia's provincial he...
Mar 11, 2020
Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower ...
Mar 11, 2020
Canada, U.S. in touch 'almost daily' in coronavirus battle: minister
WASHINGTON - The federal government and the United States are communicating "almost daily" in a collective effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus north of the border and acro...
Mar 11, 2020
