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SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX's debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA's grand plan for commercializing Earth's backyard. Amateur astronauts, private space statio...
Jun 06, 2020
Feds sign $105-million deal with Bombardier for two new Challenger jets
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is buying two new Challenger jets from Bombardier to replace half the military's existing executive aircraft fleet. The Department of National Defence announced...
Jun 06, 2020
School in Iron Springs approved for $215,000 in playground funding
IRON SPRINGS, AB - Officials at a small-town Southern Alberta school were surprised to learn that their grant application had been approved.Dexter Durfey, Secretary-Treasurer at Palliser School Divisi...
Jun 06, 2020
More protests against anti-black racism expected across Canada today
Anti-racism demonstrators are expected to gather across Canada today to protest police violence against black people. The rallies are the latest in a series of protests following the release of a vide...
Jun 06, 2020
'It’s brewing': Inmates, guards worry about violence after COVID-19 lockdown
VANCOUVER - Jennifer Larue just wants her husband to be able to hold their baby. But COVID-19 outbreaks at federal prisons and the subsequent lockdown to prevent the virus spread means Larue's husband...
Jun 06, 2020
Indigenous families say their loved ones' deaths in custody are part of pattern
VANCOUVER - One of Chantel Moore's grandmothers says her granddaughter's shooting death in New Brunswick isn't the first time she has lost a family member to police violence. Nora Martin joi...
Jun 06, 2020
Cities brace for surge in turnout as George Floyd protests persist across U.S.
WASHINGTON - The outraged Americans flooding the national capital this weekend will be greeted by two oversized, street-level reactions to the country's latest historic flashpoint ...
Jun 06, 2020
Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented b...
Jun 05, 2020
Raptors Uprising down Nets GC to improve to 7-0 in NBA 2K league esports play
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC continued its perfect start to the NBA 2K League esports season, sweeping Nets GC in its best-of-three series Friday to improve to 7-0. The Raptors raced out to an e...
Jun 05, 2020
Implementation of Divorce Act reforms delayed eight months by pandemic
OTTAWA - Highly anticipated reforms to Canadian divorce law have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reforms were to have gone into effect on July 1 but Justice Minister David Lametti say...
Jun 05, 2020