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New Chinese virus cases decline, but method revised again
BEIJING - New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count new daily infections. They are now discounting cases that came back nega...
Feb 20, 2020
Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue
NEW YORK - Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial are set to continue for a third day on Thursday. So far, jurors have been focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra's alle...
Feb 20, 2020
Morgan Stanley buying E-Trade for about $13 billion
NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley is buying online brokerage E-Trade for about $13 billion. Discount brokers like E-Trade have engaged in a vicious fight for customers since late last year, when Charles Schwa...
Feb 20, 2020
Baloney Meter: Rail blockades and government authority over the police
OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...
Feb 20, 2020
Lewis Capaldi, Dave among front-runners for UK's Brit Awards
LONDON - Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and rapper Dave led the nominations Tuesday for the U.K. music industry's Brit Awards, which have been criticized for the lack of female artists nominated for ...
Feb 20, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Slapping PST on pop may be a tax grab but it’s a good one
KAMLOOPS - IT ISN'T THE MOST innovative move in the B.C. budget but slapping a tax on soft drinks is one of the most intriguing.Is it a tax grab? Well, yes, in part. Putting even the standard PST on f...
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Patrik Mathews, accused neo-Nazi, pleads not guilty to U.S. weapons charges
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Forces reservist at the centre of an alleged white-supremacist plot to trigger a race war in the United States pleaded not guilty to weapons charges Tuesday as ...
Feb 20, 2020
Federal minister pledges to meet chiefs in B.C. over natural gas pipeline
OTTAWA - The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister is offering to meet today with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in northwestern British Columbia. But while Carolyn Bennett and her B.C. counterp...
Feb 20, 2020
Canadians aboard coronavirus-ridden cruise ship to return home tonight
OTTAWA - Healthy Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will shortly be heading home, according to Canada's foreign affairs minister, after weeks under quarantine for the novel coronavir...
Feb 20, 2020
Canada hosts Lima Group meeting to find solutions to Venezuela crisis
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada is hosting the gathering of foreign ministers today from the coalition of Western Hemisphere countries who are trying to solve the Venezuela crisis. Foreign Affairs Minister Fr...
Feb 20, 2020
