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Dying for movies: Suicide highlights labour issues in Canada's visual effects sector
MONTREAL - Last April, Malcolm Angell, a 41-year-old New Zealander who moved to Montreal to work in the city's famed visual effects industry, was taken to hospital after attempting suicide. He was bac...
Nov 05, 2020
Former RCMP officer to testify at B.C. money laundering inquiry.
VANCOUVER - A former RCMP officer described by his lawyer as a whistleblower for investigating organized crime in casinos is scheduled to testify today at an inquiry into money laundering in British C...
Nov 05, 2020
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided
WASHINGTON - Democrats faced increasingly long odds as the battle for Senate control hangs in balance, and Republicans brushed back multiple challengers to protect their majority. Still, it was too so...
Nov 05, 2020
EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
WASHINGTON - A handful of pivotal states remained in play Wednesday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. Here, The Associated Press reviews them and examines the reasons why they could sti...
Nov 05, 2020
With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Perhaps only in Florida is a loss by fewer than 4 percentages points considered a public drubbing. In a state famous for razor-thin margins, the size of former Vice-President Joe B...
Nov 05, 2020
Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
WASHINGTON - As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strategy the president ha...
Nov 05, 2020
Asia Today: India's virus cases jump on New Delhi's 3rd wave
NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 50,000 cases Thursday amid a surging third wave of infections in the capital. The Health Ministry also reported another 704 fatalities in the...
Nov 05, 2020
Unifor extends contract talks with General Motors past strike deadline
TORONTO - The union representing Canadian workers at General Motors says its bargaining committee has decided to continue its contract talks with the company pasts the strike deadline. Unifor had set ...
Nov 04, 2020
World waits nervously, impatiently for US election result
From Ford Model T cars that popped off the assembly line in just 90 minutes to 60-second service for burgers, the United States has long had a major hand in making the world a frenetic and impatient p...
Nov 04, 2020
COVID-19 case at Ecole St. Anne in P.A.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Ecole St. Anne School in Prince Albert. A media release from the Prince Albert Catholic School Divis...
Nov 04, 2020
