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Idaho Legislature shuts down due to COVID-19 outbreak
BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Legislature voted Friday to shut down for several weeks due to an outbreak of COVID-19. Lawmakers in the House and Senate made the unprecedented move with significant unfinish...
Mar 19, 2021

Mike Morris opts out of BC Liberal leadership race
PRINCE GEORGE - Mike Morris has decided not to take a run for leader of the BC Liberal Party.The Prince George-Mackenzie Liberal MLA told CKPG Today last month that he was mulling a run.In an opinion ...
Mar 19, 2021

Canada's PM Trudeau pledges to hold Iran to account for shootdown of Flight 752
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to hold Iran to account after its military shot down a passenger jet in January 2020. Trudeau says he will work with international part...
Mar 19, 2021

Canadian detained in China tried on spy charges, but no verdict announced
OTTAWA - China held a brief trial Friday for one of two Canadians detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive. Canada said its co...
Mar 19, 2021

Fed to end relaxed capital requirements for large banks
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve says it will restore capital requirements for large banks that were relaxed as part of the Fed's efforts to shore up the financial system during the early days of the ...
Mar 19, 2021

US charges Swiss 'hacktivist' for data theft and leaks
The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a U.S. secur...
Mar 19, 2021

CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer
NEW YORK - Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chor...
Mar 19, 2021

Liberals eye more cash for rapid-housing program as demand outstrips available funds
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's looking for more money to help housing providers quickly build or buy existing structures for affordable housing units. Hussen isn't saying ...
Mar 19, 2021

Canadian men make two roster changes ahead of Olympic soccer qualifier
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada made two late changes to its roster Friday ahead of its opening match against El Salvador at the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.Citing medical reasons, Can...
Mar 19, 2021

Next generation of Canadian luge recruits get a snowy, trackless start in Calgary
CALGARY - Tobogganing down a snowy hill isn't how three-time Olympian Tristan Walker got his start in luge, but Luge Canada's recruitment has come to that without access to a sliding track in Calgary....
Mar 19, 2021