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Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included id...
Dec 09, 2020
Trump's election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight
AUSTIN, Texas - A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling "the big one" in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewi...
Dec 09, 2020
Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III says greed hinders aid to poor
WASHINGTON - Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the "great lie of our times" that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in...
Dec 09, 2020
Jury convicts Illinois man in Minnesota mosque bombing
MINNEAPOLIS - A jury on Wednesday convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of several civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. Prosecutor...
Dec 09, 2020
Man charged after targeting Somali women in parking lot of Edmonton mall
EDMONTON - A 41-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at two Somali woman wearing hijabs in an Edmonton mall parking lot.Police say in a news release that they responded...
Dec 09, 2020
New program set to help Saskatchewan Chamber members hire young people
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has joined other trade boards and chambers to help members with hiring students and young people.The program is in partnership with Magnet and the Talent Opportuni...
Dec 09, 2020
Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and "Beloved" author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous clas...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020