Backxwash has won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize for her album God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It. The recording by the Montreal-based transgender female artist was selected by an 11-member jury as the Canadian album of the year based on its artistic merit. Backxwash, the stage name of performer Ashanti […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump sought Monday to buck up his campaign staff two weeks from Election Day, calling top infectious-disease scientists “idiots” as polls showed him trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden across key battleground states. Trump was facing intense pressure to turn around his campaign, hoping for the type of last-minute surge that revived his candidacy four […]
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Queen’s University says it is renaming its law school building, Sir John A. Macdonald Hall, after significant consideration and months of public consultation. The Kingston, Ont., university’s move follows mounting calls across the country to remove monuments commemorating its first prime minister, who is also recognized as the architect of the residential school system. Last week, a […]
Continue ReadingThe Liberals and the NDP told the House of Commons Monday evening that there is no basis for the accusation from commercial fishing operations that the lobster stocks in Nova Scotia are under threat from Mi’kmaw fishermen operating a small-scale fishery in the area. “There is no question here that there is any threat to conservation,” […]
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PHOENIX — As the coronavirus ravaged the White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona, Eugenia Cromwell did her best to stay home and safe. Visits to the grocery store and post office were passed off to her daughter. It came as a surprise to the 79-year-old Apache woman when she learned in August that she had tested positive for COVID-19, along […]
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The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the globe passed 40 million Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The actual worldwide total is most likely considerably higher: Testing hasn’t been widely available, many have been asymptomatic, and certain governments have concealed numbers. The U.S., Brazil and India are reporting the highest numbers of cases. Meanwhile, in a […]
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The annual Orionid meteor shower will reach its climax in the early hours of Wednesday morning. “The radiant point for the Orionids is in the direction of the famous constellation Orion the Hunter.” The best time to watch begins from about 1 or 2 a.m. local daylight time until the first light of dawn. Keep […]
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TAIPEI: A Taiwanese diplomat ended up in hospital in Fiji this month after two Chinese diplomats stormed into a reception trying to gather information on who was attending, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said on Monday (Oct 19), in an unusual escalation of tensions. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has recently ramped up pressure […]
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BANGKOK: Thai police are seeking an investigation of four media outlets and a protest group over their coverage of protests on suspicion of breaking emergency measures restricting information, according to a document published by local media on Monday (Oct 19). “It appears that there was content that affected state security, peace and order, or the […]
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HANOI: Japan and Vietnam agreed on Monday (Oct 19) to strengthen security and economic ties, including an agreement in principle for Japan to export military gear and technology to the Southeast Asian nation, amid concerns about China’s regional assertiveness. “It is a big step in the field of security for both countries that we reached […]
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