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Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
WASHINGTON - The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground state...
Nov 03, 2020
Europe tightens restrictions as virus hospitalizations rise
ATHENS, Greece - Coronavirus cases hit new daily highs this week in Russia, and Germany and the U.K. announced plans Tuesday to expand virus testing as European countries battled rapidly increasing CO...
Nov 03, 2020
Canadians gather in-person and virtually for U.S. 'cliffhanger' but result elusive
Canadians and Americans living in Canada huddled around TV and computer screens across the country Tuesday night to watch the results of the divisive U.S. presidential election rolled in but a quick d...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: From the 2020 election, some new political terms
WASHINGTON - "So 2020" is a new phrase that made its way into America's political lexicon this year. It has come to describe all things unexpected, unsettling and unprecedented. This includes the vitr...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: Senate majority outcome may take weeks or more
WASHINGTON - Thirty-five U.S. Senate seats are on the ballot Tuesday, which will determine control of the legislative chamber for the next two years. But due to election law quirks in the states of Ge...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: Election unprecedented some ways, in others not
The election of 2020 has been called many things: extraordinary, bizarre, unprecedented. It's all true, in some ways, though the election is still being held on the first Tuesday after the first Monda...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: Calling a race is tricky: How AP does it
WASHINGTON - In the 2020 U.S. general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races - starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every s...
Nov 02, 2020
Tradition: 2 New Hampshire towns cast votes after midnight
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. - Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC
A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It's not. Instead, it consists of 51 elections - one in each state and in the District of Columbia. And that'...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: Pandemic to factor into inauguration planning
WASHINGTON - Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term. The inaugural ceremon...
Nov 02, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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