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With hand sanitizer nearby, Dubai Comic Con laughs at virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As papier-mch hand grenades and plastic assault rifles barely caught the attention of security guards, a health official in Dubai wordlessly watched over an infrared came...
Mar 05, 2020
O'Toole, MacKay set to kick Conservative leadership campaigns up a notch
OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole are poised to kick their respective campaigns up a notch as both have now secured places on the contest ballot. On Frida...
Mar 05, 2020
Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
SEATTLE - Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up...
Mar 05, 2020
Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had 'good talk'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he spoke on the phone to a Taliban leader, making him the first U.S. president believed to have ever spoken directly with the militant group ...
Mar 05, 2020
Former PM Jean Chretien scoffs at the notion Canada's unity is under threat
OTTAWA - Jean Chretien scoffs at the notion that Indigenous protests and western alienation are a threat to Canada's national unity. The former Liberal prime minister said Tuesday that Canada has...
Mar 05, 2020
B.C. to improve paid leave for workers affected by domestic and sexual violence
VICTORIA - Workers in British Columbia affected by domestic or sexual violence will be eligible for up to five days of paid leave a year under legislation introduced Tuesday that amends the province's...
Mar 05, 2020
Academics say Indigenous perspectives still lacking in Canadian STEM studies
TORONTO - In order to learn about how Canada's Indigenous astronomers see the skies, Caroline Ormrod had to look overseas. The Toronto resident was interested in pursuing graduate work that would allo...
Mar 05, 2020
Blockade on CP Rail tracks in Kahnawake comes down after more than three weeks
KAHNAWAKE, Que. - A blockade in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake that has halted rail traffic south of Montreal for more than three weeks is being dismantled. The blockade came to an end quietly ...
Mar 05, 2020
Flags raised over vulnerabilities of military equipment to cyber attacks
OTTAWA - A top U.S. Defense Department official says her country is working on cyber weaknesses in its vast array of military equipment - and will shut down anything that isn't brought up to stan...
Mar 05, 2020
Ruiter is enjoying breakout season; future of Canadian women's skating is bright
The future of Canadian women's figure skating wasn't in the senior field at the Canadian championships in January. Kaiya Ruiter was already on a flight home to Calgary with a junior gold medal in her ...
Mar 05, 2020