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Tell-all book by Trump niece to be released next week
NEW YORK - A tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece that has been the subject of a legal battle will be released next week. Publisher Simon & Schuster cited "high interest and extraordina...
Jul 6, 2020
Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada: privacy commissioner
OTTAWA - The federal privacy commissioner says U.S. firm Clearview AI will stop offering its facial-recognition services in Canada in response to an investigation by the commissioner and three provinc...
Jul 6, 2020
Global oil demand rebound from COVID-19 lows prompts price spike forecasts
CALGARY - Oil analysts say a rebound in the world's hunger for oil has already started after demand destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic fell far short of what many experts had expected.Amrita ...
Jul 6, 2020
Jays' McGuire fined after pleading no contest to disorderly conduct charge
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge - a second-degree misdemeanour - and paid fines totalling US$500 stemming from an ...
Jul 6, 2020
Ontario to end streaming in Grade 9, early years suspensions
TORONTO - Ontario is doing away with an educational practice long criticized for disproportionately targeting high school students from racialized backgrounds, the provincial government ...
Jul 6, 2020
Berwyn man charged after $30k worth of stolen industrial equipment recovered
Peace Regional RCMP have charged a man from Berwyn after officers allegedly discovered approximately $30,000 worth of stolen industrial equipment in a storage unit in Peace River.Authorities were call...
Jul 6, 2020
Peacock removed from Victoria apartment doorway after attack on resident
VICTORIA - Animal control officers in Victoria have evicted a male peacock from an apartment entrance after the bird's daily courtship activities escalated to an attack on a resident over th...
Jul 6, 2020
Unions tell MPs that grocery workers should still have pandemic pay
OTTAWA - Union leaders who represent thousands of grocery-store workers are telling MPs there is no reason for large chains to cut pandemic-related pay premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't gone...
Jul 6, 2020
'It's painful,' says N.S. MP of string of abusive calls, veiled threats
HALIFAX - A Liberal member of Parliament says she is installing a home security system in response to abusive online and telephone comments received after she advocated for increas...
Jul 6, 2020
Whitecaps loan Canadian youth international centre back to Atletico Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Vancouver Whitecaps have loaned Canadian youth international Gianfranco Facchineri to expansion Atletico Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League until the end of September. The 18-year-old ...
Jul 6, 2020