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Israeli court rejects Netanyahu request to delay trial
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to delay the start of his corruption trial, clearing the way for proceedings to begin as planned next week....
Mar 12, 2020
Travel bans grow amid warnings viral pandemic will worsen
ROME - Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes and slowing the engines of commerce to try to stem the unfolding coronavirus...
Mar 12, 2020
Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives
ROME - Natalina De Santis' three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn't let them in any more. Widowed a few months a...
Mar 12, 2020
New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...
Mar 12, 2020
Fate of NHL season unclear after NBA campaign suspended for positive coronavirus test
NEW YORK - The NHL says it is evaluating its options for the rest of the 2019-20 season after the NBA suspended its season until further notice on Wednesday night. The NBA made its decision after...
Mar 12, 2020
Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after almost two centuries in Scotland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...
Mar 12, 2020
TransAlta and Tidewater sell Pioneer Pipeline to TC Energy for $255 million
CALGARY - TransAlta Corp. and its partner Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. have signed a deal to sell the Pioneer Pipeline to a subsidiary of TC Energy Corp. for $255 million.The Pioneer Pi...
Mar 12, 2020
Local catering company wins lease for Five Mile Hall after being the sole bidder
The County of Grande Prairie has accepted the only applicant as the successful bidder to lease out Five Mile Hall.Food Solutions Corporation (FSC) has won the bid to a five-year lease for the hall. Th...
Mar 12, 2020 Five Mile Hall (photo by Shaun Penner)
Defence in Schlatter trial to call man they say could be alternate suspect
TORONTO - Defence lawyers for a Toronto man accused of strangling a young woman are expected to call as a witness today a man they suggest could be an alternate suspect. Lawyers representing Kale...
Mar 12, 2020
Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will recognize doctors and nurses who die combating the new coronavirus as "martyrs" like slain soldiers, the country's supreme leader announced Tuesday as the outbreak killed 54 m...
Mar 12, 2020