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Statistics Canada to release final economic figures for 2020, January GDP estimate
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to say this morning precisely how bad a year the Canadian economy suffered in 2020. Preliminary estimates from late January suggested the economy suffered its wo...
Mar 02, 2021
Most Canadians confident federal vaccine rollout is back on track: poll
OTTAWA - A majority of Canadians believe Ottawa will follow through on its plan to provide enough COVID-19 vaccine doses for everyone who wants a shot by the fall, a new poll suggests. Fifty-six per c...
Mar 02, 2021
Hong Kong resumes court hearing for 47 democracy activists
HONG KONG - A court hearing for 47 democracy activists charged under Hong Kong's national security law resumed Tuesday, following a marathon session that was adjourned well past midnight after one def...
Mar 02, 2021
Senate vetting Biden's choice for SEC head amid stock drama
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission is coming before a Senate panel for his confirmation hearing at a moment when a roiling stock-trading drama has...
Mar 02, 2021
Critics: Cuomo apology 'tone-deaf,' ignores power imbalance
PHILADELPHIA - When she first arrived in Albany to work as a legislative aide in 2013, New York Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou had lawmakers grab her buttocks, suggest she and her boss were "a hot duo"...
Mar 02, 2021
EXPLAINER: Japan to try US men accused of helping Ghosn flee
TOKYO - Two Americans suspected of helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn skip bail and escape to Lebanon in December 2019 have been extradited to Japan. Michael Taylor and his son Peter had been...
Mar 02, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally
Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had her hair ripped out and suffered a fracture. The second was beaten into a coma. Following the assaults, nu...
Mar 02, 2021
Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
GUSAU, Nigeria - Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday. Zamfara state gover...
Mar 02, 2021
Nashville music club owners recall night the music died
NASHVILLE - When frantic messages started trickling in that a tornado had hit a beloved music venue in Nashville, Mike Grimes told himself it couldn't possibly be that bad. Could Basement East really ...
Mar 02, 2021
Michael Hutchinson earns 31-save shutout, Maple Leafs blank Oilers 3-0
EDMONTON - Michael Hutchinson earned his sixth career shutout, and the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday. Hutchinson stopped all 31 of the shots he faced as the Leafs (17-4...
Mar 01, 2021
