Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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Teachers learn that online classes for foreign students come with geopolitical snags
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In the midst of the summer scramble to get courses online at Memorial University in St. John's, Sonja Knutson realized there were political implications to remote learning she hadn'...
Oct 04, 2020
Trump greets supporters following new details of his illness
BETHESDA, Md. - Infected and contagious, President Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions meant to contain the de...
Oct 04, 2020
Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform
ROME - Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the "magic theories" of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solid...
Oct 04, 2020
NDP promises to work towards gender equality
The NDP is out with a pair of new campaign promises to promote women’s equality. Regina Douglas Park candidate Nicole Sarauer announced that, if elected, the party would create new legislation t...
Oct 03, 2020
Chance to prevent COVID resurgence 'narrows with each passing day,' Tam says
Canada is running out of time to prevent a major resurgence of COVID-19, the country's chief public health officer said Saturday as its two most populous provinces continued to report some of their hi...
Oct 03, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Tories vote against leadership review of Ches Crosbie
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador has voted down a motion to hold a leadership review of its leader. The party says in a news release th...
Oct 03, 2020
Trump said to be improving but next 48 hours 'critical'
BETHESDA, Md. - President Donald Trump went through a "very concerning" period Friday and faces a "critical" next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital, his chief of staff said...
Oct 03, 2020
Protesters march through Montreal, calling for 'Justice for Joyce'
MONTREAL - Crowds of protesters marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday, calling for justice for Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who was subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital. Ec...
Oct 03, 2020
Assisted dying bill to be reintroduced Monday as court deadline looms
OTTAWA - Facing a looming court-imposed deadline, the federal government will reintroduce Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The government has until Dec. 18 to a...
Oct 02, 2020
'I wasn't afraid of death,' kidnapped British diplomat James Cross said upon release
OTTAWA - Just two days after he was freed, a British diplomat kidnapped by Quebec nationalists told Canadian officials he did not fear being killed in captivity. Rather, James Cross worried what would...
Oct 02, 2020
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