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Ex-Mountie faces grilling from former minister's lawyer, repeats earlier testimony
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More members of Congress contract COVID-19 amid national surge
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Nov. 17, 2020
The Canadian Press
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PM says military could help distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but Canada not there yet
The Canadian Press
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New Zealand marine heatwave looms following warmest winter on record
Climate scientists are warning New Zealand is on the brink of a marine heatwave after recording temperatures nearly two degrees above average in coastal waters off the North Island. Forecasters at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said a marine heatwave is building, with above-average temperatures reported throughout October, following a record warm winter. A marine heatwave is defined as an extended period of...
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Francisco Sagasti sworn in as Peru president
Peru's 76-year-old new president Francisco Sagasti was sworn in Tuesday at a special session of Congress, tasked with resolving the South American country's crippling political crisis. Sagasti, from the centrist Morado party, will serve as interim president until the end of July 2021, completing the mandate of Martin Vizcarra, whose impeachment by Congress last Monday set off a snowballing crisis. His immediate predecessor, former Congress...
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Mother's murder trial in Edmonton hears five-year-old suffered head trauma, bruises
EDMONTON — Five-year-old Shalaina Arcand’s small body was deeply bruised, most likely because of inflicted trauma, an Edmonton judge heard on the second day of her mother’s murder trial. Lauren Lafleche has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, failure to provide the necessaries of life and assault with weapons that included a belt and a spatula. The judge-alone trial has heard that the mother called 911 one night in October 2015 to report...
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Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the nation’s top election security official, a widely respected member of his administration who had dared to refute the president’s unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud and vouch for the integrity of the vote. While abrupt, the dismissal of Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was not a surprise. Since his loss, Trump has been ridding...
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Rather than attack the real problem, sports organizers have only aimed to limit COVID-19 risk
As CBC Sports Senior Contributor Morgan Campbell writes, by treating COVID-19 as a nuisance, and not a threat to public health, the sports world risks taking a step backward in its pursuit of normalcy in 2021 — even with vaccines on the way.
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U.S. dropping case against ex-Mexican minister
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Justice Department is dropping its drug trafficking and money laundering case against former Mexican Defence Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos, Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday. Barr said the department would drop its case so Cienfuegos “may be investigated and, if appropriate, charged, under Mexican law.” Cienfuegos, who was charged in federal court in Brooklyn, was arrested in Los Angeles last month. Cienfuegos, a...
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Ex-Quebec police chief goes to court to stop process that could lead to his ouster
MONTREAL — The former head of the provincial police is the latest big name in Quebec to take the government to court over a years-long saga involving leaked documents tied to anti-corruption unit investigations. Martin Prud'homme -- who has been suspended since March 2019 for reasons that were never made public -- is asking the courts to stop a process launched by the government that could lead to him being removed from the force. In a Nov. 16...
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Goodall backs senator's proposed law to protect captive animals, ban elephant ivory
OTTAWA — Sen. Murray Sinclair has teamed up with primatologist Jane Goodall to propose a law to protect captive animals and ban imports of elephant ivory and hunting trophies into Canada. "I'm introducing a bill in the Senate of Canada that will establish some of the strongest animal-protection laws in the world," Sinclair told a news conference Tuesday. "Certainly, the strongest animal-protection laws in Canada." Sinclair said his bill would...
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Jurors begin deliberations in Fredericton mass murder trial
FREDERICTON — The jury has begun its deliberations at the mass murder trial of Matthew Raymond, a case that is testing the defence of not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Raymond, 50, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder as a result of a shooting in Fredericton on Aug. 10, 2018, in which four people were killed, including two city police officers. The agreed facts in the case include that Raymond was the...
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Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday granted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government permission to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia that aims to end the conflict in the region. In a show of hands, legislators voted in favour of a one-year mandate allowing the government to send troops to Azerbaijan, where they would observe possible violations of the truce from a joint...
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Tories push Liberals to decide 5G, Huawei amid China imprisonment of Kovrig, Spavor
OTTAWA — Chinese telecom giant Huawei rose to dominance by stealing the technology of the defunct Canadian firm Nortel, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says. O'Toole levelled the industrial-espionage charge against Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party on Tuesday as he announced that the Conservatives are pushing the Liberals to decide within 30 days which companies can provide Canada's next-generation 5G wireless internet technology. "The...
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Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry
NEW YORK — Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers. The retail colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door in a couple of days. The potential impact of Amazon's arrival in the pharmaceutical space rippled through that sector immediately. The stocks of CVS Health Corp., Walgreens and Rite Aid all tumbled Tuesday. The big chains rely on...
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Alek Minassian's father denies tailoring evidence
TORONTO — The father of the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack denied Tuesday that he was tailoring his testimony to help his son, telling the prosecution he was just trying to accurately describe Alek Minassian to the court. Vahe Minassian, who was called to testify by the defence, spent hours under intense questioning from the Crown at the trial that's being conducted over video conference. Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty...
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Hybrid and virtual Senate committee meetings to start after dispute resolved
OTTAWA — The Senate has resolved a dispute over how its committees should operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing them to get underway this week. An attempt to get the committees started two weeks ago failed amid finger-pointing and accusations of obstruction between Conservative senators and members of the Independent Senators Group. The dispute revolved around Conservative concerns that the Senate was moving toward holding fully virtual...
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