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Saga over senator who posted anti-Indigenous letters continues in Senate
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the Senate. The Senate's ethics committee recomme...
Dec 08, 2020
Things remain quiet on Blue Jays' front but that could change at any time
A quick signing at the start of baseball's free-agency period has been followed by a month-long period of relative inactivity for the Toronto Blue Jays. Baseball's ongoing virtual winter meetings coul...
Dec 08, 2020
'First Cow,' 'Nomadland' top AP's best films of 2020
Good movies kept coming in 2020, even when everything else stopped. In a year that often felt like its own kind of cataclysmic Hollywood production, the movies - even if relegated to smaller screens -...
Dec 08, 2020
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground. The court wi...
Dec 08, 2020
Raptors able to practise despite COVID-19 cases
His symptoms of COVID-19 were bad. His worry over his wife and kids was significantly worse. New Toronto Raptors forward Aron Baynes was diagnosed with COVID-19 last summer, and suffered symptoms that...
Dec 08, 2020
Tesla seeks to sell $5B in stock; CEO Musk moves to Texas
Tesla said Tuesday it is looking to raise up to $5 billion in capital through a stock offering. The announcement came on the same day CEO Elon Musk said he has moved his home to Texas from California....
Dec 08, 2020
Increase in claims of elder abuse fuels further study by B.C.'s advocate for seniors
VICTORIA - B.C.'s seniors advocate says calls related to the abuse of elders have jumped, prompting a more thorough review of the problem. In her annual report monitoring seniors services, Isobel Mack...
Dec 08, 2020
PSG, Basaksehir teams walk off after alleged racial slur
PARIS - The Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Basaksehir has been interrupted after players walked off the field on Tuesday after alleging a fourth official used a racial slur agai...
Dec 08, 2020
$1,000 COVID-19 benefit could be in families wallets by Christmas
VICTORIA - Most British Columbians will be able to apply for and receive a tax-free COVID-19 direct deposit by the end of the year.The pledge by finance minister Selina Robinson was made during a Tues...
Dec 08, 2020
Fans, Ono, bandmates mark 40 years since John Lennon's death
NEW YORK - Fans remembered John Lennon with flowers, candles and songs Tuesday, the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle's death after being shot outside his New York City apartment building. In Cent...
Dec 08, 2020