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Premier’s former campaign manager gets senior post with Alberta Energy Regulator
EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing accusations that the appointment of his former campaign manager to a senior post with the Alberta Energy Regulator is a patronage plum.Kenney says he wasn'...
Jul 16, 2020
Compared to U.S., Canada no saint either on Indigenous rights, racism: experts
WASHINGTON - As one of America's most familiar sports franchises finally confronts its controversial identity, experts warn against assuming Canada is farther along than the United States in...
Jul 16, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, July 16
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 16, 2020: There are 108,829 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,859 confirmed (including 5,636 deaths, 26,097 resol...
Jul 16, 2020
Court drops split-jury verdict in killing of NFL's McKnight
GRETNA, La. - An appeals court has granted the killer of NFL player Joe McKnight a new trial because his manslaughter conviction was delivered by a split jury. Ronald Gasser's 30-year sentence and man...
Jul 16, 2020
'They haven't even apologized,' says mother of man killed by police after calling 911
TORONTO - The silence inside the Campbells' home west of Toronto has grown like a cancer in the weeks since April 6. That's when D'Andre Campbell, one of six siblings who live in the Brampton, On...
Jul 16, 2020
WE charity probe and Colville painting shatters record; In The News for July 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 16 ... What...
Jul 16, 2020
European Central Bank keeps monetary stimulus on track
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has left its monetary stimulus programs unchanged ahead of a key meeting of EU leaders on a recovery plan meant to help the economy bounce back from the coronavir...
Jul 16, 2020
Paradis, Ryder no longer appearing at Depp's libel case
LONDON - Johnny Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder will no longer be appearing as witnesses in the star's libel suit against a British tabloid newspaper that accused him of assaul...
Jul 16, 2020
Commons finance committee to begin probing WE Charity's volunteering contract
OTTAWA - The first of multiple parliamentary investigations of the federal government's aborted deal with WE Charity to run a volunteering program begins this afternoon. The House of Commons finance c...
Jul 16, 2020
Earthquakes rally to down young Whitecaps side 4-3 at MLS is Back tournament
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Substitute Shea Salinas scored in the 98th minute as the San Jose Earthquakes rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to defeat the Vancouver Whitecaps in a wild 4-3 win&n...
Jul 15, 2020