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Green party leadership race nearly doubles party membership numbers
OTTAWA - More than 35,000 people are eligible to cast votes in next month's Green party leadership race. That would absolutely smash the turnout in the last Green leadership race 14 years ago, wh...
Sep 08, 2020

Quebec judge who asked woman to remove hijab in court offers apology
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has apologized five years after she refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear in court wearing a hijab. A letter of apology from Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo was re...
Sep 08, 2020

Raptors' Serge Ibaka questionable for Game 6 because of sprained ankle
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka suffered a sprained left ankle Monday night and is questionable for Game 6 of the team's playoff series against the Boston Celtics on ...
Sep 08, 2020

The week Harry Belafonte took over TV is subject of new doc
NEW YORK - Harry Belafonte made history in early 1968. But it was lost to history. While the Vietnam War was raging and civil unrest was convulsing American cities, TV talk show host Johnny Carson did...
Sep 08, 2020

Coronavirus shutdown threatens Mexico's storied dance halls
MEXICO CITY - The Salon Los Angeles had been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling to mambo, cha-cha-cha, salsa and danzon. Everyone from slum-dwellers to movie stars and millionaires...
Sep 08, 2020

ROTHENBURGER – Protest at Trans Mountain work site was uneventful theatre
KAMLOOPS - BY ALL ACCOUNTS, an anti-pipeline protest at the airport last week went exactly the way it should. A protester chained herself to the gate at the Trans Mountain work site, was removed witho...
Sep 08, 2020

Lightning romp to 8-2 win over Isles to open East finals
EDMONTON - Braydon Point and the well-rested Tampa Bay Lightning resembled a refreshed team eager to come off an extended break after switching cities in the NHL playoff bubble. The New York Islanders...
Sep 08, 2020

From masks to cohorting, a guide to back-to-school rules across the country
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...
Sep 08, 2020

UN detects virus cases in Syrian refugee camp in Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan - The U.N. agency for refugees said Tuesday that it has confirmed two coronavirus cases in the Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. They are the first infections to be detected amon...
Sep 08, 2020

Iranian TV: British-Iranian dual national faces new charge
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state television, citing an unnamed official, announced on Tuesday that British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge. The report did not elabora...
Sep 08, 2020

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