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Either you love Canada or you don't: Kenney rebukes separatists
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is delivering a sharp rebuke to would-be Alberta separatists by saying "either you love your country or you don't." Kenney says he understands frustrations&nb...
Jun 19, 2020
N.L. liquor corp. reviewing Old Sam Rum in light of racist branding concerns
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. says it is reviewing a locally bottled brand of rum that appears to depict a laughing Black man as its logo. A carefully wo...
Jun 19, 2020
Phillies: 5 players test positive for virus at Florida camp
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies say five players have tested positive for COVID-19 this week at the team's spring training complex in Clearwater, Florida. The team also said Friday that three...
Jun 19, 2020
AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash
LOS ANGELES - The nation's largest movie theatre chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governm...
Jun 19, 2020
Feds relaxing new fuel standards in short term, but making them tougher by 2030
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is scaling back the government's planned Clean Fuel Standard in the short term to give the fossil fuel industry a bit more time to recover from the pan...
Jun 19, 2020
Emergency room staff accused of playing racist games, guessing blood alcohol levels of patients
NANAIMO - An investigator is now appointed to get to the bottom of a serious issue impacting the care provided at B.C. hospitals. Health minister Adrian Dix appointed lawyer and advocate Mary Ellen Tu...
Jun 19, 2020
Former NFL-CFL player Vaughn Martin looking to help during COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - Life after football has been anything but dull for Vaughn Martin. After finishing his pro career in 2016 with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, Martin entered the business world, co-foundin...
Jun 19, 2020
Canadian international Lindsay Agnew signs with North Carolina Courage
CARY, N.C. - Canadian international Lindsay Agnew, who played for Sydney FC in Australia's W-League Grand Final in March, has signed a one-year contract plus an option with the defending NWSL cha...
Jun 19, 2020
Nunavut court approves teacher sex abuse class action against governments
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut court has approved a class-action lawsuit against the federal government and two territories over sex abuse of Inuit children by a teacher. Maurice Cloughley has already s...
Jun 19, 2020
Work stoppage in support of Juneteenth shuts down West Coast ports
VANCOUVER - Ports along the West Coast of Canada and the United States are quiet as workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union stop operations to support racial equality an...
Jun 19, 2020