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Barr: Trump tweets on cases make it 'impossible' to do job
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr took a public swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the president's tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and cases "make it impossi...
Feb 13, 2020
Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes exchange kickers
The Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes swapped kickers Thursday. Toronto acquired kicker/punter Boris Bede from Montreal for kicker Tyler Crapigna. Bede hit 31-of-35 field goals last s...
Feb 13, 2020
Canada Soccer schedules news conference amidst speculation of international game
Canada Soccer has called a news conference for Friday in Langford, B.C., with the expectation that is to announce a men's international in March. Men's coach John Herdman is due to address the media a...
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
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