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Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access
GAMPELA, Burkina Faso - The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator. From factory to syringe, the world's most promising coro...
Oct 19, 2020
Thai authorities seek to censor coverage of student protests
BANGKOK - Thai authorities worked Monday to stem a growing tide of protests calling for the prime minister to resign by threatening to censor news coverage, raiding a publishing house and attempting t...
Oct 19, 2020
Morales party claims win as Bolivia seems to shift back left
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia appeared Monday to be shifting sharply away from the conservative policies of the U.S.-backed interim government that took power last year after leftist President Evo Morales...
Oct 19, 2020
Quebec town of Abestos votes to change name to Val-des-Sources
ASBESTOS, Que. - The Quebec town synonymous with the cancer-causing fibre asbestos has voted for a new name: Val-des-Sources. During a livestreamed council meeting Monday night, Mayor Hugues Grimard a...
Oct 19, 2020
The Daily with LNN – October 19, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Oct 19, 2020
898 COVID cases in Alberta this weekend, one death in Lethbridge County
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Monday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past three days.898 cases were confirmed this weekend with 311 on Friday, 231 on Satur...
Oct 19, 2020
Alberta cuts deal on municipal oilpatch levies; not on unpaid property taxes
EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta has announced a three-year deal that it says will prevent municipal taxes and levies from harming its already battered energy industry.But the deal leaves unresolved the issue ...
Oct 19, 2020
Rain could present big challenge in Mighty Heart's quest to capture Triple Crown
TORONTO - She's a Hall of Fame trainer, but Josie Carroll will also be an amateur meteorologist this week. On Saturday, the Carroll-trained Mighty Heart will run in the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes at Wo...
Oct 19, 2020
CPL champion Forge FC off to El Salvador for CONCACAF League preliminary-round match
A month after winning the Island Games in Charlottetown, Forge FC is back on the move. The Canadian Premier League champions from Hamilton leave early Tuesday for El Salvador and a CONCACAF League pre...
Oct 19, 2020
Commons gives approval in principle to judges' sexual assault training bill
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously approved in principle - for the third time - a bill that would require judges to commit to take training in sexual assault law. Bill C-3 will now be scrut...
Oct 19, 2020