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Streaming concert, online videos and fireworks app to help mark Canada Day 2020
OTTAWA - Canadians are being offered a buffet of online videos, crafts and even a stop-motion animation app to celebrate Canada Day from home. Federal officials are releasing the details of how July 1...
Jun 15, 2020
Report says Montreal needs to recognize 'systemic racism' and take action against it
MONTREAL - A report published today says the City of Montreal has neglected the fight against racism and failed to recognize the systemic nature of discrimination. The 261-page document follows a...
Jun 15, 2020
Trans Mountain pipeline restarts after light crude spills in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Trans Mountain says oil is flowing again through its pipeline after as much 190,000 litres of light crude spilled from a pumping facility in Abbotsford, B.C...
Jun 15, 2020
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and lesbian people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative...
Jun 15, 2020
Canadian international Alphonso Davies voted Bayern player of the month for May
MUNICH - Canadian international Alphonso Davies has been voted Bayern Munich's player of the month for May. The 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback got 37 per cent of the fan vote, ahead of Joshua Kimm...
Jun 15, 2020
Ceremony to be held for families of two Indigenous people killed by N.B. police
METEPENAGIAG, N.B. - The families of two Indigenous people recently shot to death by New Brunswick police were expected to meet today at a First Nation near Miramichi. A message po...
Jun 15, 2020
Spike Lee issues apology after defending Woody Allen
NEW YORK - After voicing support for Woody Allen and criticizing cancel culture, Spike Lee apologized Saturday for words he said were "wrong." In an interview Friday on the New York radio station WOR ...
Jun 15, 2020
Bars reopening in New Orleans. Will tourists come?
NEW ORLEANS - Bar owners in New Orleans prepared for a soft opening, and an uncertain one, as they began letting customers in Saturday for the first time in months. Capacity is limited to 25 per cent,...
Jun 15, 2020
National Housing Council staffing and B.C. oil leak; In The News for June 15
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 June 15 ... --- ...
Jun 15, 2020
American sentenced to 16 years in Russia on spying charges
MOSCOW - A Russian court on Monday sentenced an American businessman to 16 years in prison on spying charges, a sentence that he and his brother rejected as being political. The Moscow City Court read...
Jun 15, 2020