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Trump expected to issue flurry of pardons on last full day
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was expected to spend his last full day in office issuing a flurry of pardons and bidding farewell to the American public from a near-deserted White House and surro...
Jan 19, 2021
Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'
WASHINGTON - On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China's policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province c...
Jan 19, 2021
Parliamentary hearings over Zoom an ongoing headache for translators
OTTAWA - Translators say they are "riddled with auditory injuries" after nine months of interpreting parliamentarians online via fuzzy laptop mics and poor internet connections. The association repres...
Jan 19, 2021
Cancel foreign trips because travel rules could change suddenly, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any Canadian planning an international trip should cancel it. Trudeau is warning that while Canadians have the right to travel, the government could at any ...
Jan 19, 2021
Canadian neonatal nurse fired after speaking at D.C. rally
TORONTO - A Canadian neonatal intensive care nurse who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., has been fired. London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont., confirms its termination of K...
Jan 19, 2021
Canada calls for Ugandan opposition to be set free, no plans to cancel UN mission
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is "deeply concerned" about the political situation in Uganda, but that it has no plans to stop deploying a Canadian military aircraft to the country to help UN...
Jan 19, 2021
Trudeau vows to keep up the fight to sway U.S. on merits of Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to fight to convince president-elect Joe Biden's administration of the merits of the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. Trudeau says K...
Jan 19, 2021
GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars
SILVER SPRING, Md. - General Motors is teaming up with Microsoft to accelerate its rollout of electric, self-driving cars. In the partnership announced Tuesday, the companies said Microsoft's Azure cl...
Jan 19, 2021
Another flight to Grande Prairie flagged for possible COVID-19 exposure
Another flight into Grande Prairie has been listed by the Public Health Agency of Canada as having a possible exposure to COVID-19.The latest flight flagged by Health Canada was WestJet flight WS3191 ...
Jan 19, 2021
AltaLink seeks to refund extra $350 million over three years to Alberta customers
CALGARY - AltaLink wants to refund an additional $350 million to Alberta's electricity customers over the next three years because of low energy prices.The move, combined with its previous rate initia...
Jan 19, 2021