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Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change
NEW YORK - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world's richest person, said in an Instagram post that h...
Feb 18, 2020
Quarantine on cruise ship in Japan comes under question
TOKYO - An extraordinary two-week quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship ends Wednesday, with thousands of passengers and crew set to disembark over the next several days in the port of Yokoha...
Feb 18, 2020
Via to partly resume service between Quebec City and Ottawa starting Thursday
MONTREAL - Via Rail says partial service is set to resume between Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa beginning Thursday. Almost all other Via Rail services remain cancelled with the exception of Sudbury...
Feb 18, 2020
E-petition supporting Canadian firearms owners receives record number of signatures
MEDICINE HAT - An online petition initiated by Medicine Hat resident Brad Manysiak and sponsored by Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz, has closed with the largest number of signatures in the h...
Feb 18, 2020 CHATNEWSTODAY
Cubs Advance to Round Two of Heritage Junior Hockey League Playoffs
STRATHMORE - Cooper Hilworth scored with just over six minutes to play in regulation, as the Medicine Hat Cubs beat the Wheatland Kings 2-1, taking their Heritage Junior B Hockey League first round se...
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Lewis Capaldi, Dave among front-runners for UK's Brit Awards
LONDON - Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and rapper Dave lead the nominations for the U.K. music industry's Brit Awards, which faced criticism for the lack of female artists nominated for the high-pro...
Feb 18, 2020
Nurses' unions warn national standards for coronavirus protection too low
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency's guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the novel...
Feb 18, 2020
UN chief: New virus outbreak is 'a very dangerous situation'
LAHORE, Pakistan - The U.N. secretary general has told The Associated Press that the virus outbreak that began in China "is not out of control but it is a very dangerous situation." Antonio Guterres s...
Feb 18, 2020
Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship
TOKYO - Japanese health authorities said Tuesday they have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo. The new cases bring the total on the Diamond Princess to 54...
Feb 18, 2020
House of Commons returns and China's 'War on Terror'; In The News for Feb. 18
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Feb 18, 2020