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Snowstorm to evolve through the weekend, Environment Canada
Environment Canada expects an ever-evolving weekend of weather watches and warnings as a snowstorm makes its way through the southern half of the province."We expect to upgrade the snowfall warnings l...
Nov 07, 2020
'It just seems uneasy': Portland riots at Vancouver Whitecaps' front door
PORTLAND, Ore. - There's an eerie view outside the Portland hotel that the Vancouver Whitecaps call home. "It's kind of like Gotham City. Everything is boarded up," forward Tosaint Ricketts said...
Nov 07, 2020
Surging infections in Manitoba a COVID-19 cautionary tale: experts
WINNIPEG - Manitoba was a beacon of hope when the first wave of COVID-19 hit Canada. The province had some of the lowest infection rates in the country and went weeks in the summer with no new cases. ...
Nov 07, 2020
Lebanon's leader challenges US sanctions against son-in-law
BEIRUT - Lebanon's leader on Saturday asked the United States to offer evidence to back up new sanctions against the former Lebanese foreign minister, who is an important political ally of the Iran-ba...
Nov 07, 2020
Police question children for supporting teacher's beheading
LE PECQ, France - Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam's prophet, ...
Nov 07, 2020
Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centres
The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside...
Nov 07, 2020
Egyptians vote in 2nd stage of parliamentary election
CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the second and final stage of the country's parliamentary elections, after a relatively low turnout in the first stage that embarrassed the government of Pre...
Nov 07, 2020
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restri...
Nov 07, 2020
Canada not on track to hit its first electric car target in 2025
OTTAWA - National cash rebates convinced more Canadians to buy an electric car in the last 18 months, but Transport Canada says it won't be enough to hit the first zero-emission vehicle sales targets ...
Nov 07, 2020
Black Canadians fought racism, discrimination to serve in Second World War
OTTAWA - When one starts asking questions about the experience of Black Canadians during the Second World War, it doesn't take long to land on the name Allan Bundy. That's because at a time when the C...
Nov 07, 2020