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High-tech companies eyeing supply chains as coronavirus outbreak continues
OTTAWA - High-tech companies in Canada and around the world are eyeing their supply chains as the impact of the novel coronavirus in China on manufacturing plants is starting to be felt. The...
Feb 13, 2020
Trump nominates new ambassador to Canada to fill post vacant since August
WASHINGTON - Aldona Z. Wos, a former Manhattan physician, Republican fundraiser and North Carolina lawmaker who once was George W. Bush's ambassador to Estonia, has been nominated by Preside...
Feb 13, 2020
Iraq's approval of expanded NATO mission 'very positive,' Sajjan says
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is hailing the Iraqi government's decision to let NATO stay in the country as a "very positive development," weeks after Iraq's legislators demanded f...
Feb 13, 2020
High-tech companies eyeing supply chains as coronavirus outbreak continues
OTTAWA - High-tech companies in Canada and around the world are eyeing their supply chains as the impact of the novel coronavirus in China on manufacturing plants is starting to be felt. The...
Feb 13, 2020
Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor
BALTIMORE - Federal prosecutors want the disgraced former mayor of Baltimore to be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the scheme involving sales of her self-published "Healthy Holly" childre...
Feb 13, 2020
Northwest Junior Hockey League teams giving back to High Level
The Northwest Junior Hockey League and its teams are giving back to the town of High Level.This past September, the league organized exhibition games and hockey camps in the community. It's something ...
Feb 13, 2020 Northwest Junior Hockey League making donations to the High Level Fire Department and the High Level Victim Services Unit. Photo Credit: Town of High Level
Alberta unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government
CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta has completed a deal to get out of the oil-by-rail business, but at a loss of $1.3 billion - a debacle he blames on the former NDP government. Kenney s...
Feb 13, 2020
Willie Jefferson passes on more cash to stay with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Now that his NFL dream is all but over, Willie Jefferson has decided to stay in his comfort zone. The star defensive end passed on more lucrative offers to remain with the Winnipeg Blue Bom...
Feb 13, 2020
Nam Nguyen added to Canada's world championship figure skating team
OTTAWA - Two-time Canadian champion Nam Nguyen was among the athletes named to Canada's world championship figure skating team on Thursday. Nguyen, from Ottawa, will be Canada's sole represe...
Feb 13, 2020
Flint Firebirds put ugly past behind them, gunning for deep playoff push
After some very low points in their tumultuous history, the Flint Firebirds are being taken seriously. And it was no easy task making it happen. The Firebirds had a questionable reputation at bes...
Feb 13, 2020