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3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Three former student-athletes who say they were sexually abused by a track coach on Wednesday sued the NCAA, its board of governors and the coach, alleging the governing body doesn'...
Mar 11, 2020
Quebec trying to determine whether to cancel world figure skating championships
MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal. Her comments Monday come ...
Mar 11, 2020
Alberta premier says all options on table to fight oil price collapse
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will do whatever it takes to rescue the province from an oil price collapse and he wants the federal government to step up as well. "Thi...
Mar 11, 2020
PBO says MPs should seek 'clarity' from government on Trump tariff retaliation
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the government is holding on to an extra $105 million that it collected on U.S. steel and aluminum during its trade fight with the Trump administration. We...
Mar 11, 2020
WHO declares COVID-19 crisis is now a pandemic
ROME - Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hea...
Mar 11, 2020
NDP calls for moratorium on Clearview AI facial recognition software
OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to stop the RCMP's use of controversial facial-recognition software. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to allow police to compare ...
Mar 11, 2020
A breakdown of federal spending in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled a $1 billion response package to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the Canadian health-care system, the economy, and workers. Here is the breakdown of the sp...
Mar 11, 2020
Mormons to hold major conference without attendees
SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it will hold a major conference in April that features speeches by top leaders without any attendees because o...
Mar 11, 2020
Politics in the time of COVID-19: campaigns in Canada, U.S. pivot amid outbreak
OTTAWA - The ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus is forcing political campaigns on either side of the Canada-U.S. border to consider changing their plans. In Canada, Conservative leadership candid...
Mar 11, 2020
US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says
WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, the U.S. military confirmed Monday, amid political chaos in K...
Mar 11, 2020