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Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a sig...
Feb 20, 2020

Jury ends 1st day of deliberations in Weinstein's rape trial
NEW YORK - Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial ended their first day of deliberations Tuesday with lots of questions and no verdict in the landmark #MeToo case that could put the once-powerful Hol...
Feb 20, 2020

'Sonic' speeds to $57M debut; 'Parasite' sees big Oscar bump
NEW YORK - The redesigned "Sonic the Hedgehog" showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, while "Parasite" saw one of the largest ...
Feb 20, 2020

Elections Canada reports no serious cyberthreats to last fall's federal election
OTTAWA - Elections Canada can't let its guard down, says Canada's chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault, despite getting through last fall's federal election campaign with no significant cybersecu...
Feb 20, 2020

2010 leader John Furlong urges Vancouver to bid for 2030 Winter Games
VANCOUVER - While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the&nbs...
Feb 20, 2020

New regions added to Livestock Tax Deferral Provision for 2019
OTTAWA - The final list has been released for designated regions where 2019 federal livestock tax deferrals have been authorized due to extreme weather conditions.On July 22, 2019, the government anno...
Feb 20, 2020

Southern Alberta firearms petition becomes most signed in Canadian history at 175K
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A local petition against the federal government's proposed ban of "military-style assault rifles" has garnered more support than any other in the country's history.e-2341 was introd...
Feb 20, 2020 Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Supplied by GlenMotzMP.com)

Sentencing to begin Thursday for pair guilty of Calgary quadruple killing
CALGARY - A sentencing hearing is to begin in Calgary today for a woman and man found guilty in a 2017 quadruple killing that stemmed from a kidnap-for-ransom plot.Yu Chieh Liao, who also goes by the ...
Feb 20, 2020

Afghan president wins vote, opponent says he's the winner
KABUL - Ashraf Ghani won a second term as president of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission announced Tuesday, but his closest opponent refused to recognize the results, declarin...
Feb 20, 2020

Flight to evacuate Canadians from cruise ship 'expected' to depart Japan on Thursday
Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Passe...
Feb 20, 2020