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UAW, US Attorney reach deal to reform union after scandal
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers and the U.S. attorney's office in Detroit say they have reached a settlement with the goal of reforming the union in the wake of a wide-ranging bribery and embezzleme...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds to global COVID-19 effort
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign aid budget is swelling noticeably today with International Development Minister Karina Gould's announcement of $485 million in new funding towards the global effort to provid...
Dec 14, 2020
London placed under toughest coronavirus restrictions
London and surrounding areas will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital, the British government said Monday. Health Sec...
Dec 14, 2020
US blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence offic...
Dec 14, 2020
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans
The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history was set to begin Monday in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.The Canadian mili...
Dec 14, 2020
Quebec to begin inoculating against COVID-19 as first vaccines arrive
MONTREAL - Quebec's first COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered Monday afternoon in Montreal, a public health official said, as health-care workers prepared for what is being called the "historic...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada a bright light in a horrible year for refugee resettlement: UN refugee agency
OTTAWA - The year 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history, says the UN refugee agency's Canadian representative. With nearly 168 countries implementing border and tra...
Dec 14, 2020
Stocks open higher on Wall Street as vaccine rolls out in US
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening broadly higher Monday as the weekend rollout of the first batches of COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by U.S. regulators helped brighten the outlook for fighting the pande...
Dec 14, 2020
Series of gaps allowed massive Desjardins data breach, privacy watchdog says
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says a series of technological and administrative gaps caused a high-profile data breach at Desjardins - the largest in the Canadian financial services sector.In ...
Dec 14, 2020
Indonesia police: Top terror suspect mastermind of attacks
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities said Monday that a top terror suspect arrested last week was the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world's most populou...
Dec 14, 2020