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'Even if no one is watching:' Parade marshal named for cancelled Stampede
CALGARY - Filipe Masetti Leite has spent a lot of alone time in the saddle criss-crossing countries on horseback over the last eight years. The latest journey for the long rider - ...
Jun 3, 2020
If Trudeau won't stand up to Trump, how will regular people: Singh
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has accused the prime minister of hypocrisy for calling on Canadians to do more to combat racism but refusing to condemn inflammatory remarks by U.S. President D...
Jun 3, 2020
As some protesters in D.C. gird for battle, others provide first aid, supplies
WASHINGTON - Moving among the pulsing mass of angry activism outside the White House, a handful of people are on hand to provide help and first aid to police and protesters alike. Morris Crawford...
Jun 3, 2020
Canadian international Alphonso Davies credits family for positive outlook
MUNICH - Canadian international Alphonso Davies says his family's trials have left their mark, but in a good way. The experiences taught the 19-year-old budding Bayern Munich star to make the bes...
Jun 3, 2020
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby says death of George Floyd 'cannot be ignored'
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has added his voice to the chorus of athletes condemning racial injustice. Crosby released a statement through his charitable foundation's Twitter page Wednes...
Jun 3, 2020
US service sector contracts for second month in May
WASHINGTON - The U.S. services sector shrank for a second month in May as the coronavirus pandemic triggered shutdowns and layoffs around the country. Activity did rise from levels last month that had...
Jun 3, 2020
Winger Ryan Telfer returns to York 9 FC of the Canadian Premier League
TORONTO - Winger Ryan Telfer is returning to York 9 FC. Toronto FC loaned the 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago via Mississauga, Ont., to the Canadian Premier League club in March 2019 and then las...
Jun 3, 2020
Joint inquiry or review into mass killing is taking shape: justice minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says there will be a joint federal-provincial inquiry or review into the mass killing in April that claimed 22 lives, but the exact form of that inve...
Jun 3, 2020
Survey: Businesses cut 2.76 million jobs in May
BALTIMORE - U.S. businesses shed 2.76 million jobs in May as the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak stretched into a third month. The payroll company ADP reported Wednesday that businesses ...
Jun 3, 2020
Trump decries 'lowlifes' and racism in Canada; In The News for June 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 3 ... --- A...
Jun 3, 2020