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Trudeau joins G20 in promising COVID-19 aid to poor nations, rejecting protectionism
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining fellow leaders at the G20 in a promise to provide more assistance to poor countries battered by COVID-19, including the provision of vaccines for all....
Nov 22, 2020
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
PHILADELPHIA - As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centred o...
Nov 22, 2020
COVID cases at schools in Regina and Saskatoon areas
There are more COVID-19 cases at Saskatchewan schools.Lumsden High School will be closing the doors and moving classes online after "several" positive tests.Online classes start Tuesday. In-person cla...
Nov 22, 2020
Confrontation at German coronavirus protest goes viral
BERLIN - A video went viral Sunday in Germany of a confrontation at a coronavirus protest, where a young woman compared herself to a famous Nazi resistance fighter only to be confronted by a security ...
Nov 22, 2020
SGEU wants government to implement policy allowing employees to work from home
The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) is calling on the provincial government to do more than to just consider a work-from-home policy.According to a media release, Barry Nowo...
Nov 22, 2020
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
PHILADELPHIA - As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centred o...
Nov 22, 2020
More provinces sign up for rent benefit as Liberals set up promised housing council
OTTAWA - Seven provinces have signed on to a federal rent assistance program created as part of the national housing strategy, newly released documents show. So far, the Liberals have only announced d...
Nov 22, 2020
Amid travel break, pope cheers Lisbon youth jamboree plans
VATICAN CITY - With no papal travels abroad this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis is cheering efforts for a youth jamboree, traditionally attended by pontiffs, in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2...
Nov 22, 2020
Exclusion of mental illness in assisted dying-bill slammed by psychiatrists
OTTAWA - The federal bill revising the rules on medically assisted death in Canada has raised the ire of the Canadian Psychiatric Association over the proposed law's explicit rejection of mental illne...
Nov 22, 2020
Man killed in shark attack in Western Australia state
SYDNEY, Australia - A man died Sunday after being attacked by a shark in Western Australia state, the eighth fatality in the country this year. Police were called to Cable Beach, a popular tourist spo...
Nov 22, 2020