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Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders
At the Fit4All Gym in Lebanon, Illinois, owner David Tate considers Elon Musk a huge ally in the fight against government coronavirus orders that Tate says are driving him into the poorhouse. Tate reo...
May 12, 2020

Neighbour reported mass shooter's domestic violence, weapons to police
HALIFAX - A former neighbour of the gunman behind last month's mass shooting in Nova Scotia says she reported his domestic violence and cache of firearms to the RCMP years ago and ...
May 12, 2020

TSB urges new way to test train brakes as probe into fatal B.C. crash continues
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board says there should be a better way of determining whether a train's brakes are working as they should. The agency wrote to Transport Canada last...
May 12, 2020

Calls for scrapping E&N Rail for lengthy recreational trail gaining steam across Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - With the idea of a rail line re-opening along Vanocuver Island's east coast effectively dead, many communities are now looking at alternative ways to use the old E&N Rail line.Alastair C...
May 12, 2020

Police look for man accused of attacking a defender of Asian women in Vancouver
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Metro Vancouver Transit Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected in a racially motivated attack against a woman. Police say a man who boarded a&nb...
May 12, 2020

Cannes is empty, the day the film festival should have begun
CANNES, France - The stars stayed home, their beach backdrop is closed and the prestigious grounds of the Cannes Film Festival have been repurposed as a homeless shelter. Cannes should have been buzzi...
May 12, 2020

'Bombshell' concert stream will reunite cast of 'Smash'
NEW YORK - The cast of "Bombshell," the fictional Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, is coming together again to aid those confronting the coronavirus. Actors including Katharine McPhee, Debra Mes...
May 12, 2020

Prisoner suing Ottawa over safety of inmates during COVID-19 pandemic
Physical distancing measures in correctional institutions during COVID-19 have been "grossly inadequate" putting the health and safety of prisoners at risk, alleges a lawsuit against th...
May 12, 2020

Lawson: Woodbine Racetrack looking to restart horse racing next month
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment is looking at a resumption of horse racing next month. CEO Jim Lawson said Tuesday during an online question-and-answer session that harness racing coul...
May 12, 2020

Kobe Bryant's sports academy retires "Mamba" nickname
LOS ANGELES - The Southern California sports academy previously co-owned by the late Kobe Bryant has retired his "Mamba" nickname and rebranded itself nearly four months after the basketball icon's de...
May 12, 2020