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US officials tell AP: Russia spreading virus disinformation
WASHINGTON - Russian intelligence operatives are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis that America is struggli...
Jul 28, 2020
Stadium seating examined for Nanaimo's NDSS Community Field
NANAIMO - Thousands of new seats and stadium-style amenities could be added to the multi-use NDSS Community Field. Nanaimo councillors approved an exploratory report by sports facilities architect Dou...
Jul 28, 2020
Raptors Uprising looks to set NBA 2K League esports mark for consecutive wins
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC continues its assault on the NBA 2K League record book this week. Fresh off winning The Turn, a US$260,000 in-season tournament, the Raptors turn their attentio...
Jul 28, 2020
AMC, Universal agree to shorten window after 'Trolls' tiff
NEW YORK - In a sign of how the pandemic is remaking Hollywood traditions, AMC Theatres and Universal Studios on Tuesday announced an agreement for a shortened theatrical window, with the studio's fil...
Jul 28, 2020
Baseball season teeters, while states resist mask rules
JACKSON, Miss. - The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states such as Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in some of the hardest-hit pla...
Jul 28, 2020
Stigmatizing Hutterites about COVID-19 will harm response: public health officer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says discrimination against Hutterites will not help build trust as some colonies across the Prairies experience outbreaks of COVID-19. "The surrounding c...
Jul 28, 2020
Venice Film Festival unveils selections for September fete
The American frontier drama "The World to Come," the Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren comedy-drama "The Duke," Gia Coppola's "Mainstream," and the Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby drama "Pieces of a Woman...
Jul 28, 2020
Kingston youth pleads guilty to terror charges after January 2019 arrest
OTTAWA - A Kingston, Ont., youth has pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges for trying to persuade someone to plant a bomb. The youth, who cannot be identified under terms of the Youth ...
Jul 28, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charit...
Jul 28, 2020
York 9 FC completes 2020 roster with signing of Canadian teenage forward
TORONTO - York 9 FC has completed its 2020 roster with the signing of 16-year-old Canadian forward Lowell Wright. The native of Brampton, Ont., has spent time with the Toronto FC academy, Sigma FC and...
Jul 28, 2020