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Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Wallace over flag and noose
WASHINGTON - NASCAR's layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport's only full...
Jul 06, 2020
Kaepernick, ESPN team up for documentary series on his life
Colin Kaepernick will be featured in a documentary series produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co. The deal between Kaepernick's production arm, Ra Vision Media, an...
Jul 06, 2020
Wolfpack forced to wait on whether relegation will be on the table in 2020
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack, currently at the bottom of the Betfred Super League standings at 0-6-0, will have to wait a little longer to find out whether relegation will be taken off the tabl...
Jul 06, 2020
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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 2020