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Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is diving into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders. ...
Sep 01, 2020
NDP says documents prove youth minister played key role in WE controversy
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are turning their aim on Youth Minister Bardish Chagger, suggesting she was the key driver in the Liberal government's decision to have WE Charity run a multimillion-dol...
Sep 01, 2020
Athletes made statement last week, but experts say movement needs to continue
Fergie Jenkins can't remember having discussions with his teammates about the racism he experienced as a Black, minor-league pitcher in the American deep south in the early 1960s. Instead, t...
Sep 01, 2020
Memorial to N.S. mass shooting victims to be removed, partly to deter gawkers
HALIFAX - Four months after a lone gunman killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the residents of the tiny village where the shooting started have decided to dismantle a large...
Sep 01, 2020
NYC delays start of school year to allow more prep time
New York City delayed the start of its school year by several days to give teachers more time to prepare for having students back in classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio anno...
Sep 01, 2020
Positive COVID-19 tests at 2 Calgary- area schools derail start of year for some
Positive COVID-19 tests at two Calgary-area schools have derailed the start of the year for some, while in northern Alberta an entire school division has chosen to delay return to classes. Meadow...
Sep 01, 2020
US construction spending edges up tiny 0.1% in July
WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending edged up a tiny 0.1% in July, breaking a string of losses due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department reported that the sligh...
Sep 01, 2020
Ottawa firm hired to review workplace complaints at Rideau Hall
OTTAWA - An Ottawa-based consulting firm with a history of reviewing allegations of workplace harassment on Parliament Hill is being tasked to do so again at Rideau Hall. The Privy Council Office says...
Sep 01, 2020
R&B singer Akon moves ahead with 'Akon City' in Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal - American R&B singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project des...
Sep 01, 2020
Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry announce birth of daughter Lyra
LONDON - Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry, have announced the birth of their daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. The singer-songwriter said in an Instagram post that the couple's "beautiful and ...
Sep 01, 2020