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Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor after botched attempts to hire her unraveled after pushback over her past work ...
Aug 03, 2023
De Grasse, LePage, Rogers among Canadian headliners for world athletics championships
OTTAWA - Decathlete Pierce LePage, hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and sprinters Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney headline the Canadian team for the upcoming world athletics ...
Aug 03, 2023
Trump arrives at DC courthouse to face charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington to surrender to authorities on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 defeat in the presidential el...
Aug 03, 2023
Rallies across Canada demand governments search landfill for slain Indigenous women
WINNIPEG - Calls to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women are ramping up as rallies take place across the country. Families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are...
Aug 03, 2023
Appeal in court ruling to move harassment case against Trudeau Foundation to Quebec
MONTREAL - A woman who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is appealing a Newfoundland and Labrador court decision that would have the case moved to Quebec....
Aug 03, 2023
'Promises to be a good thing:' Parksville residents weigh in on proposed addictions treatment centre
PARKSVILLE - Local citizens had their chance to voice opinions about a proposed addiction treatment centre in downtown Parksville. An open house for a proposed 24/7 addictions treatment facility was h...
Aug 03, 2023
Canadian electric vehicle registrations inching closer to Liberal government's target
OTTAWA - Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity. But the federal government wants the share of electric vehicles to be...
Aug 03, 2023
Mississippi ex-law enforcement charged with civil rights offenses against 2 Black men during raid
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized for more than an hour during a h...
Aug 03, 2023
Alberta announces six-month pause on renewable energy, citing rural concerns
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is pausing all approvals of large renewable energy projects in response to what it says are rural and environmental concerns. In a statement Thursda...
Aug 03, 2023
Union vote begins on B.C. port deal that could end months-long dispute
VANCOUVER - A union vote among British Columbia port workers is underway to determine the fate of a deal with employers that could bring their long-running industrial dispute to an end. The Internatio...
Aug 03, 2023