Fort Frances Times Online Edition - November 10, 2020

Fort Frances mayor June Caul, left, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 president Ann Watson and poppy campaign chair Noris Piccinato held aloft the Legion flag, which was raised at the Civic Centre last week, in support of Canadian veterans and the annual poppy campaign.

TORONTO–The appeal in the case of two Toronto men convicted of promoting hatred against women and Jews is underway.

Among other things, James Sears, editor of Your Ward News, is arguing his trial lawyer did not represent him properly.

He says the lawyer refused to call any witnesses despite being urged to do so.

OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters.

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says the Mounties have been sitting on the report for more than three years and the group is now asking the Federal Court to order its disclosure.

HALIFAX - Premium Brands Holdings Corp. and a group of Mi'kmaq First Nations have banded together to buy Clearwater Seafoods in a billion-dollar deal the seafood company's chairman says is a step towards “advancing reconciliation in Canada.”

LONDON - European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform.

WILMINGTON, Del.–President-elect Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration’s signature health law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could overturn it.

PARIS - A sexual assault trial for the Vatican's former ambassador to France went ahead without him Tuesday after he produced a doctor's note saying it was too dangerous for him to travel from Rome to Paris in the midst of France's resurgent coronavirus epidemic.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the first international leader to have personally congratulated Joe Biden on being elected U.S. president.

The Prime Minister's Office says Trudeau and Biden spoke by telephone today - a conversation that took place even as Donald Trump refused to concede, making unfounded allegations of fraud.

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he made no distinction between Democrats and Republicans and intended to stand up for Israel's interests in the face of a new American administration.

Tonight will be mainly cloudy with a low of -11 C (12 F).

Tomorrow will bring a mix of sun and cloud with a chance of flurries before becoming cloudy overnight with a chance of flurries and a high of minus-one (30) with a low of minus-seven (19).

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting a seventh straight day of more than a thousand new COVID-19 cases, with 1,162 infections and 38 new deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.

The Health Department says nine deaths were recorded in the previous 24 hours while another 27 occurred during the past week. One death was before Nov. 3 and another was on an undetermined date.

Ontario is reporting a record high of 1,388 new COVID-19 cases today, and 15 new deaths due to the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 520 cases are in Toronto, 395 in Peel Region, and 100 in York Region.

Elliott says there are also 72 new cases in Halton Region and 50 in Niagara Region.

QUEBEC - Medicago says it has received promising early test results for its plant-derived vaccine for COVID-19.

The Quebec City-based company says interim results of a Phase 1 clinical trial found that 100 per cent of subjects developed a promising antibody response after two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

DUNDAS, Ont. - Hamilton’s public health unit is reporting seven more COVID-19 cases at a long-term care home that’s dealing with an outbreak of the virus.

The health unit says 11 residents and eight staff members at the home outside the city have now tested positive for the virus.

NEW YORK - The big rally for markets worldwide is slowing on Tuesday, but optimism remains high that the global economy may still be on track for a return to normal.