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As Americans protest police behaviour, hardline anti-riot tactics draw fire
WASHINGTON - As anguished Americans flood the streets to rage against police brutality in the United States, some say the aggressive pushback from heavily armoured riot squads is p...
Jun 01, 2020

11 arrested, dozens of businesses damaged after Montreal anti-racism rally
MONTREAL - Eleven people have been arrested after tensions flared between protesters and police following a Montreal anti-racism demonstration on Sunday. While the formal rally too...
Jun 01, 2020

Trudeau promises to speed $2 billion in funding for strapped cities
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is rushing $2.2 billion in expected infrastructure funding to Canada's cities.He says sending gas-tax funds months sooner than planne...
Jun 01, 2020

Survey: US factories sink in May for third straight month
WASHINGTON - American factories slowed for the third consecutive month in May as they continued to sustain economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Institute for Supply Management, an associ...
Jun 01, 2020

Singh, Scheer speak out against Floyd killing, racism in U.S.
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing a slew of measures including better data on carding and more training for police officers to combat systemic racism in Canada. The prop...
Jun 01, 2020

Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman
MIAMI - A Fort Lauderdale police officer was suspended after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground during Sunday protests, resulting in bottles being thrown. The officer's colleagues q...
Jun 01, 2020

Missing: 43 y/o Steven Hull from Sylvan Lake
RCMP in Sylvan Lake say they have concern for the well-being of a missing 43-year-old man and are looking for public assistance in locating him.Steven Michael Hull's last known whereabouts were in the...
Jun 01, 2020

Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart
MADRID - Spanish clubs resumed full squad training on Monday, beginning the final stage of preparations for the return to competition. Clubs will have just under two weeks of full sessions before the ...
Jun 01, 2020

Family says 'back and forth' between N.S. and Ottawa over shooting probe 'unreal'
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia family is making a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the "back and forth" over who leads a public inquiry into the p...
Jun 01, 2020

The Weather Network's Summer 2020 forecast
OAKVILLE, ON,- After a sluggish spring, summer has burst onto the scene across much of Canada. Is the hot summer weather here to stay? To answer that question, The Weather Network has released its sum...
Jun 01, 2020