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Trump taking in Daytona 500 before heading West
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump will give the command for drivers at the Daytona 500 to start their engines Sunday as he looks to win over NASCAR fans. And he will soon be off and runni...
Feb 16, 2020
Trump taking in Daytona 500 before heading West
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump will give the command for drivers at the Daytona 500 to start their engines Sunday as he looks to win over NASCAR fans. And he will soon be off and runni...
Feb 16, 2020
Eastern Ontario rail blockade still in place as provincial police keep watch
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Members of the Mohawk First Nation are to meet Saturday with Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller at a CN rail crossing in Ontario. "The CN ...
Feb 16, 2020
Kansas leader decries attempts to tie abortion, Medicaid
TOPEKA, Kan. - A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed the claims of GOP colleagues that a bipartisan plan to expand the state's Medicaid program would lead to taxpayers funding electiv...
Feb 16, 2020
Nurses' unions warn national standards for coronavirus protection too low
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency's guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the novel...
Feb 16, 2020
Canada expected to support heavy fuel ban in Arctic despite costs to northerners
The federal government is expected to support international measures that would reduce the environmental impact of Arctic shipping but would cost northern families hundreds of dollars a year. On Monda...
Feb 16, 2020
Blue Jays' left-hander Borucki experiencing elbow tightness at camp
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Ryan Borucki knows what it's like to have an elbow issue snowball into a bigger problem. So when the Toronto Blue Jays left-hander experienced tightness in his thro...
Feb 16, 2020
Trudeau tells U.S. lawmakers he's confident USMCA bill will pass Commons
MUNICH - The federal Liberal government will "have the votes" to ensure North America's new trade deal becomes the law of the land, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday before championi...
Feb 16, 2020
Vlhova wins slalom to overtake absent Shiffrin in standings
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia - Petra Vlhova won her third straight women's World Cup slalom Sunday to overtake the absent Mikaela Shiffrin on the top of the discipline standings. Vlhova was more than nine-...
Feb 16, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Edmonton police say two people were taken into custody during a protest at 109th Street ...
Feb 16, 2020
