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Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Canada orders more COVID vaccines, refines advice on first doses as cases reach 400K
OTTAWA - Surging COVID-19 infections pushed Canada over 400,000 cases Friday, as federal officials announced a bigger order of prospective vaccines and released refined guidelines on who should be fir...
Dec 04, 2020
Trudeau stresses digital tech's potential — and dangers — at global AI summit
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the inaugural meeting of a global council on artificial intelligence by warning of the danger of unbridled digital technology, despite its potential...
Dec 04, 2020
PM won't confirm reports U.S. Justice Department seeking plea deal with Meng Wanzhou
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the chorus of official silence Friday surrounding reports that the United States is seeking to negotiate a plea deal of sorts with detained Huawei scion Meng Wanzh...
Dec 04, 2020
Six vice-presidents talk about job once considered invisible
NEW YORK - After interviewing Dan Quayle in Arizona for his documentary on the vice presidency, filmmaker Jeffrey Roth was rushing to the airport to catch a flight to Wyoming, where he had an appointm...
Dec 04, 2020
Childcare adds to strain for working mothers as pace of job gains slows
OTTAWA - Canada's working mothers saw their jobs gains stall in November after months of growth, and those who are working are seeing greater strains on their working hours to care for their children,...
Dec 04, 2020
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Ga...
Dec 04, 2020
Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering MAID bill
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline by filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying. Government House l...
Dec 03, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada - surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest hi...
Dec 03, 2020
California gloom: Virus cases spiral, new closures imminent
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday and said if people don't comply the state's hospitals wil...
Dec 03, 2020
Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes' stories
LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are forming a film production company that they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked. Their first proje...
Dec 03, 2020
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