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Georgia certifies Democrats Warnock and Ossoff's Senate wins
ATLANTA - Georgia's secretary of state has certified the results of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections, paving the way for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to be sworn in and for Democrats to take con...
Jan 19, 2021
Hamilton Tiger-Cats star linebacker Simoni Lawrence signs extension with club
HAMILTON, New Zealand - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed star linebacker Simoni Lawrence. Lawrence returns to Hamilton for an eighth season after starting his CFL career in Edmonton in 2012. The...
Jan 19, 2021
Lethbridge Police promoting intersection safety this month
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge are raising awareness on the importance of intersection safety this month.LPS noted that on average, 64 people die, and another 8,044 people are hurt in collision...
Jan 19, 2021
Canadian slopestyle snowboard team quarantined due to two positive COVID-19 tests
LAAX, Switzerland - Canada's slopestyle snowboard team is in isolation and will not participate in this week's World Cup season opener after two members of its delegation tested positive for COVID-19....
Jan 19, 2021
Montreal mayor wants homeless exempted from curfew in wake of Innu man's death
Montreal's mayor is calling on the provincial government to exempt homeless people from the provincewide pandemic curfew. Valerie Plante made the request today following the weekend death of Raphael "...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump expected to issue flurry of pardons on last full day
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was expected to spend his last full day in office issuing a flurry of pardons and bidding farewell to the American public from a near-deserted White House and surro...
Jan 19, 2021
Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'
WASHINGTON - On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China's policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province c...
Jan 19, 2021
Parliamentary hearings over Zoom an ongoing headache for translators
OTTAWA - Translators say they are "riddled with auditory injuries" after nine months of interpreting parliamentarians online via fuzzy laptop mics and poor internet connections. The association repres...
Jan 19, 2021
Cancel foreign trips because travel rules could change suddenly, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any Canadian planning an international trip should cancel it. Trudeau is warning that while Canadians have the right to travel, the government could at any ...
Jan 19, 2021
Canadian neonatal nurse fired after speaking at D.C. rally
TORONTO - A Canadian neonatal intensive care nurse who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., has been fired. London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont., confirms its termination of K...
Jan 19, 2021