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Biden picks Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo as commerce secretary
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has picked Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to lead the Commerce Department, helping set trade policy and looking to promote U.S. opportunities for growth domesti...
Jan 07, 2021
Timeline: A look at Canada's relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash
OTTAWA - It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran kil...
Jan 07, 2021
New Mercedes screen to stretch nearly full width of car
FRANKFURT - Daimler's Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a key interior component of its upcoming electric luxury sedan: a large, curved screen that sweeps across almost the entire width of the car in the pla...
Jan 07, 2021
Calgary pivots to pursue world snowboard and freestyle ski championships
Calgary is making a pitch to be the host city of the world freestyle ski and snowboard championships next month if public health authorities approve it. Calgary would be a substitute site. The world c...
Jan 07, 2021
Health minister issues statement on Alberta’s first physician death due to COVID-19
Another Alberta health-care worker has died of COVID-19, the first physician death in the province from the virus.The death is one of the 25 announced yesterday by the province."I'm profoundly saddene...
Jan 07, 2021
Canadian snowbirds flock to vaccinate in Florida as rollouts lag north of the border
OTTAWA - Canadian snowbirds in Florida are rushing to get inoculated down south as provincial vaccine rollouts lag north of the border. While many of the roughly one million Canadians who flock to sun...
Jan 07, 2021
Quebec COVID curfew raises concerns over enforcement, profiling, advocates say
MONTREAL - Civil rights advocates say they're concerned Quebec's new provincewide curfew is not justified by science and will be enforced in a way that has a disproportionate impact on racialized peop...
Jan 07, 2021
Indians trade star SS Lindor, Carrasco to Mets
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians traded four-time All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor and pitcher Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets on Thursday. Cleveland obtained infielders Andres Gimenez and Am...
Jan 07, 2021
Grande Prairie man among 130 impaired drivers nabbed in Alberta during holiday season
A Grande Prairie man has been listed among 130 drivers charged by the Alberta RCMP this holiday season for impaired driving.Alberta RCMP say in a release that an impaired male in the Swan City was pul...
Jan 07, 2021
Ongoing U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports of solar products 'unwarranted,' says Ng
OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing back against ongoing American tariffs on Canadian solar products. In a statement today, International Trade Minister Mary Ng calls the tariffs "unwarranted" ...
Jan 07, 2021