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Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted away Democrats' skeptical questions Tuesday on abortion, health care and a possible disputed-election fight over transferring presidential p...
Oct 13, 2020
Pandemic exposes need for basic-income program, expert says
OTTAWA - A leading Canadian expert on government-funded basic incomes says the oft-debated idea could have averted much of the economic effects of COVID-19. Evelyn Forget says a basic-income program w...
Oct 13, 2020
UK defends new virus restrictions; critics say it's too late
LONDON - Britain's government on Tuesday defended its new three-tier system of COVID-19 risks and restrictions but critics suggested it was too little, too late amid reports that government's own scie...
Oct 13, 2020
CSIS sees warrant process as 'burdensome' and a 'necessary evil': federal review
OTTAWA - Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees see the spadework needed to obtain a judicial warrant as "a necessary evil" that detracts from more valuable activities, says an independent r...
Oct 12, 2020
California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier...
Oct 12, 2020
Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting
MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge has upheld a Minnesota state court agreement that allows the counting of absentee ballots received up to seven days after Election Day. Republicans had asked U.S. Distric...
Oct 12, 2020
Applications open for new COVID-19 support programs after hours of technical troubles
OTTAWA - The federal government says technical difficulties that thwarted some Canadians' efforts to apply for new financial supports on Monday have been solved. The Canada Revenue Agency report...
Oct 11, 2020
Tory critic dismisses Chinese pandemic 'excuse' barring access to two Michaels
OTTAWA - China can no longer credibly use the "excuse" of COVID-19 to continue keeping Canadian diplomats from visiting Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the Conservative foreign affairs critic says....
Oct 11, 2020
Barrett to senators: Courts 'should not try' to make policy
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barret t will tell senators that courts "should not try" to make policy, leaving those decisions to the political branches of government, according to open...
Oct 11, 2020
Azerbaijan, Armenia report shelling of cities despite truce
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan on Sunday accused Armenia of attacking its cities and villages in violation of the cease-fire deal brokered by Russia that seeks to end the worst outbreak of hostilities ...
Oct 11, 2020
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Evan welcomes Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to tackle the current hot topics in the province on Wednesday, plus discuss...
