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Canadian women all over the globe ahead of Rugby World Cup draw in New Zealand
TORONTO - Many of Canada's top female rugby players have moved abroad to keep playing during the pandemic. The rest are training at home, often fitting in workout sessions around their day jobs. All w...
Nov 17, 2020
Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Acting Defence Secretary Christopher Miller on Tuesday announced plans to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the decision fulfills President Donald Trump's pledge to...
Nov 17, 2020
Njoo: 'Promising' start to health protocols for world junior hockey championship
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief of public health says the initial health and safety protocols proposed for the upcoming word junior hockey championship in Edmonton look "promising." Dr. Howard Njoo tol...
Nov 17, 2020
Flu season in Canada 'exceptionally low' so far, public health says
OTTAWA - At this point during last year's flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza.So far this year, there have been just 17."Influenza is way behind the eight ball here...
Nov 17, 2020
Former CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge named new chief executive officer of TVO
TORONTO - Former Canadian Football League commissioner Jeffrey Orridge has been named the new head of TVO. Orridge will assume the role of chief executive officer of the Ontario's public broadcaster o...
Nov 17, 2020
Rapper Lil Wayne charged with federal gun offence in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Rapper Lil Wayne was charged Tuesday in Florida with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a federal offence that carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in priso...
Nov 17, 2020
Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry
NEW YORK - Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers. The retail colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to ...
Nov 17, 2020
Alberta Health says province has had only one human case of rare swine flu
EDMONTON - An investigation into Canada's first human case of a rare swine flu variant in central Alberta has determined it's the only one in the area.Alberta Health says in a statement that, despite ...
Nov 17, 2020
Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament on Tuesday granted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government permission to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and ...
Nov 17, 2020
Opportunities in food exports, says Farm Credit Canada
Farm Credit Canada is touting the food and beverage processing industry as one of the country's biggest opportunities for growth in global trade.In 2019, Canada's total food, beverage and commodity ex...
Nov 17, 2020