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Elections Canada reports no serious cyberthreats to last fall's federal election
OTTAWA - Elections Canada can't let its guard down, says Canada's chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault, despite getting through last fall's federal election campaign with no significant cybersecu...
Feb 20, 2020

2010 leader John Furlong urges Vancouver to bid for 2030 Winter Games
VANCOUVER - While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the&nbs...
Feb 20, 2020

Afghan president wins vote, opponent says he's the winner
KABUL - Ashraf Ghani won a second term as president of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission announced Tuesday, but his closest opponent refused to recognize the results, declarin...
Feb 20, 2020

Flight to evacuate Canadians from cruise ship 'expected' to depart Japan on Thursday
Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Passe...
Feb 20, 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: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he spoke with British Columbia Premier John Horgan ...
Feb 20, 2020

Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan
TOKYO - As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to become an incubator for a new virus instead...
Feb 20, 2020

Via to resume service in southwestern Ontario starting Thursday morning
MONTREAL - Via Rail says its service will resume Thursday morning in southwestern Ontario. The passenger rail company says it received a notification from CN Rail allowing a resumption of service in t...
Feb 20, 2020

South Sudan rival leaders agree to form coalition government
JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan's rival leaders on Thursday announced they have agreed to form a coalition government just two days before the latest deadline, a major step in the emergence from a fiv...
Feb 20, 2020

At Arizona rally, Trump trolls Democrats debating in Nevada
PHOENIX - President Donald Trump trolled his political enemies Wednesday in the first of three rallies in three days in the West as Democrats vied in neighbouring Nevada to be the one to challenge him...
Feb 20, 2020

Analysis: Dems' civility gives way to combustible conflict
WASHINGTON - Through a year of campaigning, the Democratic presidential candidates played nice, talking up party unity, disagreeing mostly politely on policy. No more. Wednesday's debate signalled a s...
Feb 20, 2020

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