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Funeral planned today for mother, three daughters killed in crash last week
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A funeral is planned this afternoon for a woman and her three young daughters who were killed in a crash in Brampton, Ont., last week. A memorial service for Karolina Ciasullo and her...
Jun 25, 2020
Mother of teen boy targeted in racist video files Quebec human rights complaint
MONTREAL - The mother of a 15-year-old Montreal-area boy who was the target of a widely circulated racist video is filing a human rights complaint against the alleged perpetrators. The video shows two...
Jun 25, 2020
Disney changing ride amid calls it's based on racist film
ORLANDO, Fla. - Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride because of its ties with "Song of the South," the 1946 movie many view as racist, Disney officials said Thursday it was recasti...
Jun 25, 2020
Watchdogs: Trump's Independence Day gala in 2019 cost $13M
Government watchdogs say President Trump's Fourth of July gala in the nation's capital last year cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations. Trump's desire to have De...
Jun 25, 2020
Lethbridge parents favour "normal" and "blended" models for schools this fall
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new survey has found parents in Lethbridge have differing opinions of how school operations should be handled in the upcoming year.In early June, the Lethbridge School Division laun...
Jun 25, 2020
Two residents defrauded significant sums of money
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge are reminding residents to be aware of phone scams.On June 23, a 69-year-old woman reported that she had been contacted by a man who told her she won a vehicle an...
Jun 25, 2020
Dixie Chicks drop 'dixie' from name, now known as The Chicks
NASHVILLE - Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. The band's social media accounts and website were changed on Thursday to...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theatres
NEW YORK - Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan's members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their ...
Jun 25, 2020
Worth the Wait: Doug Wilson, Kevin Lowe finally get Hall of Fame call
TORONTO - Doug Wilson was in the pool playing with his grandkids when the phone rang. Lanny McDonald was on the other end of the line. Wilson passed it to his wife, Kathy, so she would be the fir...
Jun 25, 2020
Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people
WASHINGTON - A government watchdog says nearly 1.1 million relief payments totalling some $1.4 billion went to dead people in the government's coronavirus aid program. More than 130 million so-called ...
Jun 25, 2020