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Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds
OTTAWA - At least a dozen new projects to go after online hate are being funded through Ottawa's anti-racism strategy today. Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger says 85 projects are getting money throu...
Oct 15, 2020
Shares of Chinese retailer Miniso jump in 1st day of trading
HONG KONG - Shares of Miniso Group Holding jumped in their first day of trading, while the broader markets were on pace for their third straight loss this week. Miniso, a Chinese discount retailer kno...
Oct 15, 2020
Jurors in N.B. mass murder trial shown more images on suspect's computer of 'demons'
FREDERICTON - Jurors for the trial of accused mass murderer Matthew Raymond are being shown more images and messages from the suspect's computer hard drives. Alex Pate, a lawyer with Raymond's d...
Oct 15, 2020
'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta
Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...
Oct 15, 2020
Central banks must have digital currency alternative if Facebook's Libra blocked: BoC
OTTAWA - A senior official at the Bank of Canada says central banks should have their own digital currency ready as an alternative if they decide to say no to one being developed by Facebook.The socia...
Oct 15, 2020
Evidence complete at Gilbert Rozon rape trial, judge to hear closing arguments Nov. 6
Former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon was cross-examined today at his rape trial and denied ever assaulting the complainant. The 65-year-old founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival tol...
Oct 15, 2020
'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta
Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...
Oct 15, 2020
Chinese envoy warns Canada against granting asylum to Hong Kong protesters
OTTAWA - The Chinese ambassador to Canada is warning the Trudeau government not to grant asylum to Hong Kong residents fleeing a widely criticized national security law imposed by Beijing. Ambassador ...
Oct 15, 2020
Broadway reaches for normalcy with Tony Award nominations
NEW YORK - Broadway's coronavirus-shortened season is getting an awards process that reflects this tumultuous year - incomplete, seemingly unfair and filled with loss. Nominations for Tony Awards will...
Oct 15, 2020
Roman Polanski honours Poles who saved him from the Holocaust
WARSAW, Poland - Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski returned to Poland, the country of his youth, and paid tribute on Thursday to a Polish couple who took him in and protected him when he was a ch...
Oct 15, 2020