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Baloney Meter: Rail blockades and government authority over the police
OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...
Feb 20, 2020

Lewis Capaldi, Dave among front-runners for UK's Brit Awards
LONDON - Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and rapper Dave led the nominations Tuesday for the U.K. music industry's Brit Awards, which have been criticized for the lack of female artists nominated for ...
Feb 20, 2020

Patrik Mathews, accused neo-Nazi, pleads not guilty to U.S. weapons charges
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Forces reservist at the centre of an alleged white-supremacist plot to trigger a race war in the United States pleaded not guilty to weapons charges Tuesday as ...
Feb 20, 2020

Federal minister pledges to meet chiefs in B.C. over natural gas pipeline
OTTAWA - The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister is offering to meet today with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in northwestern British Columbia. But while Carolyn Bennett and her B.C. counterp...
Feb 20, 2020

Canadians aboard coronavirus-ridden cruise ship to return home tonight
OTTAWA - Healthy Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will shortly be heading home, according to Canada's foreign affairs minister, after weeks under quarantine for the novel coronavir...
Feb 20, 2020

Canada hosts Lima Group meeting to find solutions to Venezuela crisis
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada is hosting the gathering of foreign ministers today from the coalition of Western Hemisphere countries who are trying to solve the Venezuela crisis. Foreign Affairs Minister Fr...
Feb 20, 2020

Saprissa, Impact draw 2-2 in first leg in CONCACAF Champions League
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Jonathan Martinez scored in the 90th minute as Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa salvaged a 2-2 draw with the Montreal Impact on Wednesday in the opening leg of their CON...
Feb 20, 2020

Hoarse Hearts; Canadian women's curling championship hard on skips' voices
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Kerri Einarson calls it her "winter voice." Midway through the Canadian women's curling championships, skips' voices are raspy. As the stakes rise, sweeping calls become more urgent...
Feb 20, 2020

AP Interview: UN chief says new virus poses 'enormous' risks
LAHORE, Pakistan - The U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday the virus outbreak that began in China poses "a very dangerous situation" for the world, but "is not out of control." Speaking in an intervie...
Feb 20, 2020

Pompeo meets Saudi king in talks focused on Iranian threats
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday in a visit focused primarily on discussing shared security concerns about regional rival Iran...
Feb 20, 2020