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Mourners pay tribute outside U.S. Supreme Court as battle brews over RBG's successor
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Mourners are streaming past the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in a tranquil show of respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Across the street on Capitol Hill, however, a much less serene...
Sep 21, 2020
NewsAlert: RCMP launch operation south of Montreal connected to White House ricin letter
ST-HUBERT, Que. - The RCMP says it's conducting an operation south of Montreal in connection with an envelope containing the poison ricin that was sent to the White House. Police said today the operat...
Sep 21, 2020
Founder of GM electric truck partner quits amid allegations
FRANKFURT - Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola plunged on Monday after the company's founder resigned amid allegations of fraud - just two weeks after signing a $2 billion pa...
Sep 21, 2020
Central bank head: Europe's recovery uncertain, incomplete
FRANKFURT - The head of the European Central Bank says that the economy is rebounding but that the recovery remains uncertain, incomplete and dependent on containing the virus outbreak. ECB President ...
Sep 21, 2020
Meghan's lawyers deny she co-operated with royal book authors
LONDON - Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher that's being sued for invasion of privacy by the Duchess of Sussex argued Monday that she made personal information public by co-operating with the a...
Sep 21, 2020
Liberals pledge $1 billion for cities to buy motels, hotels for rapid-housing program
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to spend $1 billion over the next six months so cities and other housing providers can keep people from becoming homeless. The rapid-housing funds can be used to buy...
Sep 21, 2020
Survey finds most Canadian Olympic athletes against medal podium protests
TORONTO - After a wave of demonstrations against racial injustice around the world, the International Olympic Committee is in talks with athlete groups about potentially easing protest bans ...
Sep 21, 2020
Feds reluctantly approve Ontario carbon price for big industrial emitters
OTTAWA - Ontario will be able to use its own carbon-pricing system for big industrial emitters after getting a green light from the federal government over the weekend. However Environment Minis...
Sep 21, 2020
Council to vote on next steps for new rec centre
Prince Albert's new arena and aquatic recreation centre is back on the city council agenda on Monday night. Councillors are set to move ahead on a number of items related to the project, including awa...
Sep 21, 2020
Bayern Munich already looking too good for the Bundesliga
BERLIN - On the day the FIFA president warned about a lack of competition in club soccer, Bayern Munich started the German league by scoring a whopping eight goals. The Bavarian club routed Schalke 8-...
Sep 21, 2020
