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'Lighting a fuse': Amazon vote may spark more union pushes
What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could have major implications not just for the country's second-largest employer but the labour movement at large. Organizers are pushing for some...
Mar 30, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, March 30
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:45 a.m. Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 today. They involve two people und...
Mar 30, 2021
Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster signs new contract with Liverpool women
LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom - Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool.The 22-year-old from Cambridge, Ont., originally signed with the Liverpool women in Janu...
Mar 30, 2021
Canada's Lisa Haley named NWHL's senior vice-president of hockey operations
Lisa Haley's burgeoning portfolio now includes the job of National Women's Hockey League senior vice-president of operations.The 47-year-old from Westville, N.S., is already head coach of both Ryerson...
Mar 30, 2021
International court upholds Congolese warlord's conviction
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court appeals judges have upheld the convictions and 30-year prison sentence of a Congolese warlord known as "The Terminator" who was found guilty of cr...
Mar 30, 2021
Slovak premier, government resign over Russian vaccine deal
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic and his government resigned on Tuesday to ease a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine...
Mar 30, 2021
Birds as revelations: Atwood writes foreword for Gibson book
NEW YORK - When Margaret Atwood would receive invitations over the years to literary events around the world, literature wasn't the only factor shaping her response. She also kept in mind the interest...
Mar 30, 2021
15,000 acres of land burned in Sunday’s Blood Reserve fire, cause confirmed
STANDOFF, AB - Multiple wildfires burned across southern Alberta Sunday, including on the Blood Reserve.Blood Tribe Fire Chief Jacen Abrey says the department received a call shortly after noon on Mar...
Mar 30, 2021
Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say they are mitigating the risks, but some medical experts aren...
Mar 30, 2021
Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say they are mitigating the risks, but some medical experts aren...
Mar 30, 2021