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US cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities are expressing increased alarm about an intrusion into computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried by Russia. The cybersecurity unit of the Depar...
Dec 17, 2020
Snow days, virtual opera: The office holiday party goes on
NEW YORK - An online murder mystery. Law-themed opera arias. A snowman-building competition. With dancing, drinking and fancy dinners a no-go because of virus concerns, companies are getting creative ...
Dec 17, 2020
Feds ask Quebec court for third extension to deal with revamped assisted dying regime
Lawyers for the federal government are before a Quebec judge today seeking a third delay in bringing medical assistance in dying legislation in line with a ruling from the province's Superior Court. T...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden picks regulator Michael Regan for EPA administrator
President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael S. Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan, who is head of North C...
Dec 17, 2020
B.C. forecasts $13.6 billion deficit; economy to grow three per cent next year
VICTORIA - British Columbia's deficit forecast has grown and the budget shortfall is now expected to hit $13.6 billion in this fiscal year. The government predicted in September that the province woul...
Dec 17, 2020
Ontario reports new daily COVID-19 record as new measures take effect in Saskatchewan
Ontario is reporting a record for new COVID-19 cases in a day as Quebec announces plans to add vaccination sites and tougher restrictions take effect in Saskatchewan. Canada's most populous province i...
Dec 17, 2020
PM says he kept hoping more money, or pressure, would help meet water-advisory goal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he realized only recently that his government would not be able to make good on its long-held promise to lift all drinking-water advisories in First Nations...
Dec 17, 2020
UK extends salary support program to contain unemployment
LONDON - The British government on Thursday extended its salary support program by another month through to the end of April as it tries to keep a lid on unemployment as coronavirus restrictions slam ...
Dec 17, 2020
Family behind OxyContin attests to its role in opioid crisis
Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller has played a role in the national opioid crisis bu...
Dec 17, 2020
RCMP warn of active shooter in Nunavut community of Clyde River
CLYDE RIVER, Nunavut - RCMP say officers are responding to an active shooter in the Nunavut community of Clyde River. A short news release from police advises people to remain in their homes until the...
Dec 17, 2020
