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Red Cross reminds people to keep emergency kits ready for storm
The Canadian Red Cross is reminding people to be prepared with a winter storm hitting Saskatchewan.The storm could drop between 20 and 50 centimetres - eight to 20 inches - of snow in various parts of...
Nov 08, 2020
Amidst a tough and sad year, a Halifax choir creates a concert of communal lament
HALIFAX - In a year of pandemic, mass murder and military tragedies, a choir on Canada's East Coast has created a concert that gives singers, a poet and their online audience an outlet for communal la...
Nov 08, 2020
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool
WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...
Nov 08, 2020
Three decade-old tradition honouring P.A. veterans continues
In the absence of public in-person ceremonies this year, private traditions to honour veterans for Remembrance Day will endure. For some, it's the wearing of a poppy or a quiet moment of reflection. O...
Nov 08, 2020
Veterans connect with students online in lead-up to pandemic-era Remembrance Day
Gulf War veteran Bob Crane has been busy in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, adjusting his classroom presentations to an array of online platforms. Crane, a retired Army major who volunteers a...
Nov 08, 2020
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool
WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...
Nov 08, 2020
Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to "compensate for past mistakes" and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency repor...
Nov 08, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II wears mask at tribute to Unknown Warrior
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II donned a face mask in public for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic when attending a brief ceremony at Westminster Abbey last week to mark the centenary of the ...
Nov 08, 2020
Azerbaijani leader: Forces seize key Nagorno-Karabakh city
MOSCOW - Azerbaijani forces have taken control of the strategically key city of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh where fighting with Armenia has raged for more than a month, the country's president said Sun...
Nov 08, 2020
Federal guidance for border agency surveillance and sources drafted but never issued
OTTAWA - A newly released memo shows Canada's border agency signed off on rules to guide its most intrusive intelligence operations months ago, but the federal government has yet to issue the minister...
Nov 08, 2020