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Press groups concerned over killings of Mexican journalists
MEXICO CITY - International press groups expressed concern Tuesday about a spike in the number of journalists killed in Mexico, after three were murdered within the space of 10 days. The Committee to ...
Nov 10, 2020
Lawsuit challenging arrest of NYC transgender woman settled
NEW YORK - The New York Police Department will have to give its force more training on protecting the rights of transgender people as part of a deal announced Tuesday that settles a civil rights lawsu...
Nov 10, 2020
Pompeo brushes aside results of presidential election
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is brushing aside results of last week's presidential election showing that President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term. Pompeo told reporters wit...
Nov 10, 2020
Biden vows to 'get right to work' despite Trump resistance
WILMINGTON, Del. - Vowing "to get right to work," President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as "inconsequential," even as...
Nov 10, 2020
Lottery corp.'s anti-money laundering chief tells inquiry about his police concerns
VANCOUVER - A former police officer who heads the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering programs says he was concerned and surprised about the response from police agencies over...
Nov 10, 2020
Manufacturer moves to bring 'life-changing' cystic fibrosis drugs to Canada
Mark Lindsay wishes his daughter, Chantelle, were here to see the fruitions of her fight to bring transformational new therapies for cystic fibrosis to Canada. But Lindsay knows the 23-year-old, who d...
Nov 10, 2020
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League plans to play 60-game season: commissioner
QUEBEC - The commissioner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is moving ahead with plans to play a 60-game season, despite delays and obstacles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gilles Courtea...
Nov 10, 2020
Yukon government says it doesn't support permit for exploration in Arctic wilderness
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Environment Minister Pauline Frost says the explorat...
Nov 10, 2020
Singh says government must move to counter hate groups, which have tripled since 2015
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups. The past five years have seen a proliferation of neo-Nazi groups and online cont...
Nov 10, 2020
Bill 21 supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids
MONTREAL - Students require a neutral environment in which to learn and one where equality between men and women is put first, parents supporting Quebec's secularism law testified in court Tuesday. Na...
Nov 10, 2020