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Fateful meeting has Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald on Korn Ferry Tour
Stuart Macdonald wasn't quite sure what Golf Canada's Derek Ingram wanted to talk about when he was called up to his hotel room in early January, but the men's head coach was direct as soon as the con...
Jul 08, 2020
With a satirical fictional memoir, Jim Carrey gets real
NEW YORK - When Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon handed in the book they had toiled on for eight years -- a satirical "anti-memoir" about Carrey's life but with increasingly extreme flights of absurdity -- ...
Jul 08, 2020
Kanye West breaks with Trump, claims 2020 run is not a stunt
NEW YORK - Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share "dragon energy," tells Forbes that he is "taking the red hat of...
Jul 08, 2020
Houston scraps Texas GOP’s in-person convention due to virus
Houston officials on Wednesday cancelled the Texas Republican Party's in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold the event as scheduled. Mayor Sylvester Turn...
Jul 08, 2020
Network: Shepard Smith joins CNBC for weeknight news program
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, who abruptly quit Fox News Channel last October amid the ascendancy of opinionated programming, will bring a nightly newscast to CNBC this fall. CNBC announced Wednesday that...
Jul 08, 2020
Brooks Brothers, worn by Lincoln and Kennedy, goes bankrupt
NEW YORK - Brooks Brothers, the 200-year-old company that dressed nearly every U.S. president, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, the latest major clothing seller to be toppled by the coronavi...
Jul 08, 2020
AP Exclusive: 'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight racism
NEW YORK - A national coalition of labour unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism...
Jul 08, 2020
Federal website advertising hundreds of non-existent student-volunteer positions
OTTAWA - The federal website advertising volunteer positions for students hoping to earn money for their educations through a $900-million government aid program contains hundreds - if not thousands -...
Jul 08, 2020
Sentencing hearing for former Edmonton nightclub employee guilty of sex assault
EDMONTON - Two victims of a former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexual assault say they have had nightmares, thoughts of suicide and anxiety since they were attacked. Matthew McKnight, who...
Jul 08, 2020
Government posting $343 billion deficit, record debt-load from COVID-19 spending
OTTAWA - Canada is facing a budget deficit of $343.2 billion, in large part due to recovery programs linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled an economic and fiscal snaps...
Jul 08, 2020