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AP sources: Biden picks Rep. Marcia Fudge as housing chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary, according to three people familiar with the decision. Fudge was first elected...
Dec 08, 2020
Saga over senator who posted anti-Indigenous letters continues in Senate
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the Senate. The Senate's ethics committee recomme...
Dec 08, 2020
Things remain quiet on Blue Jays' front but that could change at any time
A quick signing at the start of baseball's free-agency period has been followed by a month-long period of relative inactivity for the Toronto Blue Jays. Baseball's ongoing virtual winter meetings coul...
Dec 08, 2020
WATCH: Kenney, Hinshaw and ministers to provide COVID-19 update
Coming up at 4 p.m.Premier Jason Kenney, Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation Doug Schweitzer and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an u...
Dec 08, 2020
'First Cow,' 'Nomadland' top AP's best films of 2020
Good movies kept coming in 2020, even when everything else stopped. In a year that often felt like its own kind of cataclysmic Hollywood production, the movies - even if relegated to smaller screens -...
Dec 08, 2020
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground. The court wi...
Dec 08, 2020
Raptors able to practise despite COVID-19 cases
His symptoms of COVID-19 were bad. His worry over his wife and kids was significantly worse. New Toronto Raptors forward Aron Baynes was diagnosed with COVID-19 last summer, and suffered symptoms that...
Dec 08, 2020
Tesla seeks to sell $5B in stock; CEO Musk moves to Texas
Tesla said Tuesday it is looking to raise up to $5 billion in capital through a stock offering. The announcement came on the same day CEO Elon Musk said he has moved his home to Texas from California....
Dec 08, 2020
New provincial restrictions expected this afternoon
New restrictions expected to be announced today by the Alberta government include a provincial mask mandate and a ban on dine-in services at restaurants and bars as the province deals with a soaring n...
Dec 08, 2020
PSG, Basaksehir teams walk off after alleged racial slur
PARIS - The Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Basaksehir has been interrupted after players walked off the field on Tuesday after alleging a fourth official used a racial slur agai...
Dec 08, 2020