Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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Trump trades arenas for Rose Garden in attack on Biden
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump transformed an event that was supposed to highlight his China policy into an impromptu campaign rally, delivering an expansive and often meandering broadside agains...
Jul 15, 2020
Trump reins in major environmental law to speed big projects
ATLANTA - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is rolling back a foundational Nixon-era environmental law that he says stifles infrastructure projects, but that is credited with keeping ...
Jul 15, 2020
Bank of Canada holds rate, forecasts decline in GDP of 7.8% this year
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will keep its key interest rate at 0.25 per cent until the national economic picture improves, which governor Tiff Macklem said Wednesday will take "a long time."...
Jul 15, 2020
Apple wins big EU court case over $15 billion in taxes
BRUSSELS - A European Union court on Wednesday delivered a hammer blow to the bloc's attempts to rein in multinationals' ability to strike special tax deals with individual EU countries when it ruled ...
Jul 15, 2020
Pandemic complicates Liberal leadership contest that will elect 14th N.L. premier
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador will have a new premier in August as a Liberal leadership race disrupted by COVID-19 barrels ahead amid heightened scrutiny. The conten...
Jul 15, 2020
Democrat Gideon wins primary, will face GOP Sen Collins
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon beat two other Democrats on Tuesday for the right to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in a race that's critical to the battle for control ...
Jul 14, 2020
Ex-PQ leader Andre Boisclair pleads not guilty to two sexual assault charges
MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair entered not guilty pleas to two counts of sexual assault on Tuesday in relation to allegations dating to 2014. The ex-politician was not&n...
Jul 14, 2020
Bar reopenings going ahead in Ontario as Quebec links cases to bars in Montreal
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy public health chief says going inside a bar to have a drink with friends remains a high-risk activity in the era of COVID-19. Dr. Howard Njoo's reminder Tuesday came just days...
Jul 14, 2020
New study finds wolf culls will not save endangered caribou in Western Canada
VANCOUVER - A government-sponsored wolf kill in Western Canada has had "no detectable effect" on reversing the decline of endangered caribou populations, a study says. Scientists from R...
Jul 14, 2020
Points, not memberships the number that matters for Tory leadership
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party said Tuesday it has 269,469 members eligible to vote in the current leadership race. But the number that actually matters when it comes to who will win the lead...
Jul 14, 2020
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