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NYC again delays in-person learning for most students
New York City has again delayed the planned start of in-person learning for most of the more than 1 million students in its public school system. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that most elem...
Sep 17, 2020
RCMP charge Tesla driver for speeding and sleeping behind the wheel
PONOKA, AB - A 20-year-old driver has been charged for speeding and sleeping while behind the wheel of a Tesla vehicle.RCMP say back on July 9, at around 4:00 p.m., provincial Mounties received a comp...
Sep 17, 2020
Fed Cup changes name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King
The Fed Cup is changing its name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King, the woman whose lifelong battle for equality and social justice laid the foundation for generations that followed. The Billie ...
Sep 17, 2020
Quebec provincial police report rise in online threats posted to social media
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say online threats posted on social media have increased significantly in the past year, including against politicians. Spokesman Guy Lapointe said today on Tw...
Sep 17, 2020
Nova Scotia First Nation to launch lobster fleet amid tension on the wharf
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A First Nation in Nova Scotia plans to launch its own lobster fishing fleet today, in defiance of federal regulations that say the fishery is closed for the season. The Sipekne'k...
Sep 17, 2020
US home construction falls 5.1% in August after gains
WASHINGTON - U.S. housing construction fell 5.1% in August after three months of strong gains as home builders mounted a rebound following a pandemic-induced shutdown in March and April. The Commerce ...
Sep 17, 2020
Vancouver's shuttered aquarium searching for financial solution amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - Lillooet stepped out of her travelling cage, stretched her wings, shook her tail feathers and looked around the empty foyer of the Vancouver Aquarium. The 22-year-old African penguin ...
Sep 17, 2020
Fed Cup changes name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King
The Fed Cup is changing its name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King, the woman whose lifelong battle for equality and social justice laid the foundation for generations that followed. The Billie ...
Sep 17, 2020
First volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17
NEW YORK - The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It's called "A Promised Land" and will cover his swift and historic rise to t...
Sep 17, 2020
Germany apologizes for past military anti-gay discrimination
BERLIN - Germany's defence minister is apologizing for decades of discrimination against gay servicepeople in the military until a change of policy in 2000. A study commissioned by the defence ministr...
Sep 17, 2020