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Feds roll out education, call for self-reporting to prevent coronavirus outbreak
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is rolling out information rather than surgical masks and thermal scanners to try to keep the country safe from a virus that has already killed more than two...
Jan 25, 2020
Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders to square off in Halifax
HALIFAX - Brett Lauther will be returning home this summer. The CFL announced Thursday it will hold a regular-season game in Halifax in July. The Toronto Argonauts will host the Saskatchewan Roughride...
Jan 25, 2020
Next stop, Brexit: Britain's EU divorce bill becomes law
LONDON - Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. The U.K. is finally leaving t...
Jan 25, 2020
Mayor, police pledge action after deadly Seattle shooting
SEATTLE - A shootout in downtown Seattle that left a woman dead and a 9-year-old boy injured was the third violent incident this week in a part of the city long known for rampant drug use and street u...
Jan 25, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: When municipal politicians think they’re worth more than they are
HOW MUCH IS a municipal politician worth?A common answer among taxpayers is likely to be, less than they're getting.It's a serious question, though, and a challenging one. Councils have the unenviable...
Jan 25, 2020 Image: Revelstoke council votes on its pay raise (City of Revelstoke)
Facing minority Parliament, Trudeau tells MPs to respect opposition
OTTAWA - Play nice. That was Justin Trudeau's advice Thursday to Liberal MPs as they gathered to plot strategy for Monday's resumption of Parliament for its first extended sitting ...
Jan 25, 2020
Is climate action a $26-trillion opportunity? 'A little baloney' in minister's claim
OTTAWA - "This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing techno...
Jan 25, 2020
European Central Bank holds rates, launches policy review
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has decided to launch a top-to-bottom review of how it steers the economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency. The review, the first since the global f...
Jan 25, 2020
Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland
BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...
Jan 25, 2020
St. John's, N.L., lifts state of emergency eight days after massive storm
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has lifted a state of emergency that's been in place for more than a week. The provincial capital made the initial declaration last Friday, as ...
Jan 25, 2020
