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Clayton looking to secure trainer Kevin Attard his first Queen's Plate win
TORONTO - Clayton will head into the $1-million Queen's Plate on Saturday a little under the radar and trainer Kevin Attard is good with it. Filly Curlin's Voyage has garnered plenty of attention...
Sep 9, 2020
Oscars set inclusion standards for best picture category
In an historic move, the Oscars are raising the inclusion bar for best picture nominees starting with the 96th Academy Awards in 2024. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday laid o...
Sep 9, 2020
Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new national program to help Black Canadians get business loans with national banks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID-19 pandemic has dispropo...
Sep 9, 2020
Weapons, drugs, cash seized from Cypress County property
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Three crossbows and nine firearms were among the weapons seized by ALERT from a rural property east of Medicine Hat last week.Five people were arrested and police also seized drugs,...
Sep 9, 2020
Canadian rider Michael Woods wins Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, takes race lead
SATURNIA, Italy - Powering up a climb so steep that bystanders gave riders helping pushes, Canadian Michael Woods won Stage 3 of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday and took the overall lead. Woods, wh...
Sep 9, 2020
U.S. job postings rise to 6.6 million in July
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised more jobs but hired fewer workers in July, sending mixed signals about the job market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Labor Department said Wednesda...
Sep 9, 2020
Biden visits manufacturing heartland to curry favour with blue-collar voters
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden is in America's manufacturing heartland today to hammer home how he would keep blue-collar jobs and investment on U.S. soil. The Democratic party's presidential nomine...
Sep 9, 2020
Iranian director calls Venice premiere 'like a new life'
VENICE, Italy - Restricted travel, quarantine and positive COVID-19 tests meant that Majid Majidi's appearance at the Venice Film Festival for Iranian drama "Sun Children" (Khorshid) was an achievemen...
Sep 9, 2020
'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' will end in 2021
LOS ANGELES - Who do we keep up with now? After more than a decade, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" will be ending its run next year. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye" to the reality sho...
Sep 9, 2020
Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
LOS ANGELES - Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Wednesday that Ha...
Sep 9, 2020