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A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Rudy Giuliani, representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has be...
Nov 18, 2020
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
President-elect Joe Biden's winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records. Biden has already set ...
Nov 18, 2020
Catholics divided as bishops examine Biden's abortion stance
Catholics split almost evenly in supporting Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the presidential election. Now they're sharply divided over a declaration by the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop...
Nov 18, 2020
GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat - but not in public
WASHINGTON - When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice-president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her...
Nov 18, 2020
Surge in B.C. COVID-19 cases putting strain on health-care system, officials say
VICTORIA - British Columbia officials say the second wave of COVID-19 is starting to put a strain on the province's health-care system and they're asking people to help put the brakes on the spread of...
Nov 18, 2020
RCMP needs structural changes to address racism: MMIWG commissioner
OTTAWA - A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says top-down attitudes and the centralized structure of the RCMP are leading to racist practices...
Nov 18, 2020
Record number of new COVID-19 cases found within Island Health
NANAIMO - The rising number of COVID-19 cases within Island Health continues unabated. A record-breaking 20 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday, Nov. 18 in a joint statement from the province. The p...
Nov 18, 2020
Toronto school staff member dies of COVID-19
TORONTO - An education worker at a Toronto school has died from COVID-19. The child and youth worker was employed with the Toronto Catholic District School Board at the St. Francis De Sales School, of...
Nov 18, 2020
Head coach Campbell, B.C. Lions continuing along despite having to face adversity
It's been a challenging first year on the job for B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell. Campbell became the Lions' head coach in December following six seasons with Ottawa, where he was the first head ...
Nov 18, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak puts Canmore Nordic Centre skiers in quarantine
CANMORE, Alta. - An outbreak of 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 has occurred at the Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alta. The Canmore Nordic Centre is the headquarters of Canada's cross-country ski and biath...
Nov 18, 2020