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Alberta health minister orders review into racism after noose found in hospital
EDMONTON - Alberta's minister of health has ordered an independent third-party investigation into how the province's health authority responded to a racist act. Tyler Shandro says in a statement that ...
Jul 3, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jul 3, 2020
CFL denies reports that Winnipeg would be hub city for shortened 2020 season
TORONTO - The CFL says no decision has been made regarding a hub city for an abbreviated 2020 regular season. On Friday, a CFL spokesman denied reports the league had settled upon Winnipeg a...
Jul 3, 2020
Canada restricts dealings with Hong Kong over new security law
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong as part of a package of responses to the new security law China has impose...
Jul 3, 2020
Politics, pandemics and Russian aluminum: why Canada faces fresh U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - The United States is once again threatening to spark a fresh tariff war with Canada over aluminum exports, despite the debut of a North American trade agreement t...
Jul 3, 2020
Man who rammed gate near Trudeau residence with truck faces multiple charges
OTTAWA - The RCMP say a man who rammed his truck through a gate at Rideau Hall Thursday was loose on the grounds with a gun for 13 minutes before police laid eyes on him. Deputy Commissioner Mike...
Jul 3, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: WE group to stop running federal volunteer program
OTTAWA - Youth Minister Bardish Chagger says the WE organization won't manage the federal government's $900-million program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer. In a sta...
Jul 3, 2020
Applications open for RCMP youth program
EDMONTON, AB - Applications are open for the RCMP National Youth Advisory Committee (NYAC).Canadian residents between the ages of 13 and 21 can apply.The NYAC brings together up to 100 youths from acr...
Jul 3, 2020
Bell to commentate and race on same day in different states
INDIANAPOLIS - Townsend Bell is putting his own unique twist on "double duty" this weekend by calling the IndyCar race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before jetting to Florida to compete in the IMSA s...
Jul 3, 2020
Review: A master class by Catherine Deneuve in 'The Truth'
Family may be the great subject of Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, but he doesn't draw straightforward portraits. In Kore-eda's hands, family is more malleable. He tends to shift roles around li...
Jul 3, 2020