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Syria's Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad has fired his prime minister a month ahead of elections as the economic crisis worsens and public anger rises in the territory under his control. Assad ...
Jun 11, 2020

Trump OKs sanctions against international tribunal employees
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lobbed a broadside attack Thursday against the International Criminal Court by authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers directly...
Jun 11, 2020

Reflecting on the Beauval General Store COVID-19 experience
It has been over a week since the COVID-19 outbreak in a northern Saskatchewan community was officially ended.Now, a staff member at the Beauval General Store is reflecting on overcoming the disease a...
Jun 11, 2020

Politicians urged to collaborate on pandemic benefit for disabled Canadians
OTTAWA - Federal politicians are being urged to work together to help Canadians with disabilities weather the COVID-19 crisis. This after opposition parties refused Wednesday to give the unanimou...
Jun 11, 2020

Top-tier Spanish soccer resumes play after COVID-19 hiatus with 110 matches left
Spain's LaLiga emerges from its COVID-19 hiatus on Thursday with a derby match between Sevilla FC and Real Betis, the first of the 110 matches left to play this season. League leader Barcelona vi...
Jun 11, 2020

US wholesale prices rise 0.4% in May led by food and energy
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.4% in May, led by a gains in the cost of food and energy. The Labor Department said Thursday that its Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures...
Jun 11, 2020

Canada participation rates of girls in sport still lag behind boys
TORONTO - MacLennan said she was fortunate to grow up in an active family. She was encouraged to try a variety of sports. "So from a young age, building out those fundamental skills, but also exposing...
Jun 11, 2020

Military spending needed more now than ever, top defence official says
OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top civilian official is touting the importance of continued investments in the Canadian Armed Forces, and says she has received no indications the Liberal government...
Jun 11, 2020

Offender escapes from minimum security unit at Sask. Pen
RCMP and the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) are looking for an escaped inmate from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.During an evening count in the minimum security unit late Wednes...
Jun 11, 2020

Federal prison chaplains escalate fight for collective agreement
OTTAWA - Federal prison chaplains are stepping up a bid to negotiate their first collective agreement to secure better wages and working conditions. The chaplains, who pr...
Jun 11, 2020