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PBO says taxing services like Netflix could yield feds $1.3 billion
OTTAWA - A new report from the parliamentary budget officer says the government may be slightly underestimating how much revenue it could receive from taxing online services like Netflix. As it is, fo...
Feb 10, 2021

US consumer prices up 0.3% in January, led by energy spike
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in January, led by a surge in energy. Though the gain was the biggest monthly increase since July, inflation in the past year remains modest. The rise in co...
Feb 10, 2021

Saudi TV: Yemen rebel attack on airport sets plane on fire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom's state television r...
Feb 10, 2021

11th annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-thon set for Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 11th annual Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-thon is a go for Thursday, February 11.Six local radio stations, including Today's Country 95-5 an...
Feb 10, 2021

Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class
CHICAGO - The Chicago Teachers Union has approved a deal with the nation's third-largest school district to get students back to class during the coronavirus pandemic, union officials announced early ...
Feb 10, 2021

N.L.'s election is safe and U.A.E. spacecraft in Mars orbit: In The News for Feb. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 10, 2021

Defence of Alberta oil or attempt to silence dissent? Judge to hear inquiry challenge
CALGARY - A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta's public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a valid defence of the province's ailing oil ind...
Feb 10, 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns limit access to national library and archive collections
OTTAWA - Researchers studying Canadian history have not been able to access Library and Archive Canada's collections during COVID-19 lockdowns - a situation that forced some to put off their research ...
Feb 10, 2021

Investigators: Throttle problem suspected in Indonesia crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, leading to the Boeing plane's plunge into the Java Sea last month, Indonesia...
Feb 10, 2021

South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health care workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19...
Feb 10, 2021