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Canada joins international group of 22 countries to protect oceans
OTTAWA - Canada is joining an international group of nearly two dozen other countries working to protect the world's oceans. The Global Ocean Alliance, founded by Great Britain last year, seeks to pro...
Jul 09, 2020
Woman arrested in hit-and-run at Indiana protest
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana woman was arrested in a hit-and-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over the assault of a Black...
Jul 09, 2020
Rare Cannonball Adderley 1966 Seattle concerts going digital
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - A rare collection of previously unissued recordings by legendary jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley is becoming more accessible thanks to two small jazz labels seeking to keep jaz...
Jul 09, 2020
Lafarge fires employee after noose allegedly found near parking spot of Black worker
MONTREAL - Construction materials giant Lafarge Canada says it fired an employee after a discriminatory and hateful act took place at a Montreal work site. The company said today in a statement a...
Jul 09, 2020
Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens
ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...
Jul 09, 2020
Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens
ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...
Jul 09, 2020
RCMP investigate threat against Indigenous totem poles on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
SECHELT, B.C. - A police investigation is underway as RCMP search for the person who threatened to damage two totem poles at a secondary school north of Vancouver. A statement from Sunshine Coast RCMP...
Jul 09, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, July 9
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:04 a.m. on July 9, 2020: There are 106,604 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,079 confirmed (including 5,603 deaths, 25,534 resol...
Jul 09, 2020
Canada not ready for second wave of COVID-19, Senate committee says
OTTAWA - A new report from a committee of senators says the country is ill-prepared to handle a second wave of COVID-19. The Senate's social affairs committee says the federal government needs to pay ...
Jul 09, 2020
Parents concerned about children's social lives, survey says
A crowdsourced survey of Canadian parents finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents are concerned about their children's social lives during the pandemic. Statistics Canada published a report&nb...
Jul 09, 2020
