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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
Kenney defends hiring ex-MLA for trade office who gave up seat for Kenney to run
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says hiring the former legislature member who gave up his constituency seat for Kenney was the right thing to do.Kenney dismissed a reporter's question on whether his a...
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
Canadians playing more golf in 2020 – once COVID-19 restrictions lifted
If it seems like it's been harder to get a tee time this summer, it's not just your imagination.Golf Canada reports that there were 17 per cent more scores registered with the national sport body this...
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
New Lethbridge fire station construction coming along
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Work is progressing nicely for Lethbridge's new Fire Station #5.The $10.3 million project is set to be finished around January of 2021 if things go to plan.Since the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Jul 08, 2020
Ontario overestimated costs of services to irregular border crossers: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario's auditor general says the province significantly overstated the costs of providing services to asylum seekers coming into Canada from the United States. In a special report released...
Jul 08, 2020