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Disney changing ride amid calls it's based on racist film
ORLANDO, Fla. - Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride because of its ties with "Song of the South," the 1946 movie many view as racist, Disney officials said Thursday it was recasti...
Jun 25, 2020
Watchdogs: Trump's Independence Day gala in 2019 cost $13M
Government watchdogs say President Trump's Fourth of July gala in the nation's capital last year cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations. Trump's desire to have De...
Jun 25, 2020
Search for wanted man ongoing in High Prairie area
UPDATE: June 25, 3:25 p.m.: High Prairie RCMP say following a long search, RCMP with assistance from the Police Dog Service found and arrested two males without incident, while Bradley Duff remains at...
Jun 25, 2020
Dixie Chicks drop 'dixie' from name, now known as The Chicks
NASHVILLE - Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. The band's social media accounts and website were changed on Thursday to...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theatres
NEW YORK - Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan's members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their ...
Jun 25, 2020
Worth the Wait: Doug Wilson, Kevin Lowe finally get Hall of Fame call
TORONTO - Doug Wilson was in the pool playing with his grandkids when the phone rang. Lanny McDonald was on the other end of the line. Wilson passed it to his wife, Kathy, so she would be the fir...
Jun 25, 2020
Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people
WASHINGTON - A government watchdog says nearly 1.1 million relief payments totalling some $1.4 billion went to dead people in the government's coronavirus aid program. More than 130 million so-called ...
Jun 25, 2020
Bowing to Beijing would put 'an awful lot more Canadians' at risk, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Jun 25, 2020
Unilever to drop terms like 'whitening' from beauty products
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Consumer products giant Unilever said Thursday it is aiming for a "more inclusive vision of beauty" in its skin care products and will remove words such as "fair," "whitening"...
Jun 25, 2020
Motorcade procession planned for four military members killed in crash
HALIFAX - A motorcade procession for four of the six Canadian Armed Forces members killed in a military helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea in April is planned for ...
Jun 25, 2020