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Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker could head behind closed doors
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors, at least temporarily, while they sort out how to handle...
Feb 21, 2020
Privacy watchdogs to probe Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog and three of his provincial counterparts will jointly investigate Canadian use of facial-recognition technology supplied by U.S. firm Clearvie...
Feb 21, 2020
Balance of Power — Vancouver Sun legislative columnist Rob Shaw and Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian
This week, Host James Peters talks about the recently-announced provincial budget with the Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw. They also discuss the Horgan government's involvement in the pipeline-related tensi...
Feb 21, 2020
Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus
ROME - Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum, which they say could be the lost shrine dedicated some 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendar...
Feb 21, 2020
Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian health authorities Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. ...
Feb 21, 2020
Lululemon stores in China mostly closed due to novel coronavirus outbreak
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says most of its stores in China have been closed since early February due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Vancouver-based company says that most of its 38 ...
Feb 21, 2020
Desmond inquiry hears his firearms licence was reinstated despite police run-ins
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Lionel Desmond's licence to buy and possess guns was placed under review by firearms officials in New Brunswick in 2014 and again 2015, an inquiry into the...
Feb 21, 2020
Trump ousts top defence official who certified Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration'...
Feb 21, 2020
University of Michigan investigates doctor sex abuse claims
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Five former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams, the university says, with one accuser saying Dr. Robert E. Anderson...
Feb 21, 2020
Leafs forward Johnsson out for season after undergoing knee surgery
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Andreas Johnsson for the rest of the season. The Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that Johnsson is expected to miss six months after ...
Feb 21, 2020
