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Photos surface of Andrew Scheer failing to wear mask while travelling
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was spotted Tuesday in a Toronto airport lounge not wearing a mandatory mask. Two separate photos of the bare-faced party leader sitting comfortably in a wai...
Jul 07, 2020
No clear end to pandemic-related uncertainty in B.C. housing market
VANCOUVER - A new forecast says the housing market in British Columbia remains uncertain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Central 1 says it expects home sales to recover marginally in 2020 and 2021 ...
Jul 07, 2020
Hollywood catches up to director Gina Prince-Bythewood
Gina Prince-Bythewood knows what good fighting looks like. The "Love & Basketball" director has been an athlete her entire life, but she also just loves action movies. So when she started dreaming...
Jul 07, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps missing five players at MLS is Back Tournament
The Vancouver Whitecaps will be missing five players at the MLS is Back Tournament, including forwards Lucas Cavallini, Fredy Montero and Tosaint Ricketts. The club said defender Andy Rose and defende...
Jul 07, 2020
Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds
TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...
Jul 07, 2020
Promise of COVID-19 funds to support disabled Canadians remains in limbo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to provide a $600 payment to disabled Canadians to help with additional costs in the COVID-19 pandemic remains in limbo. The measure was contained in a...
Jul 07, 2020
Conservative stalwart Scott Reid backing newcomer Leslyn Lewis for leadership
OTTAWA - One of the longest-serving Conservative members of Parliament is backing newcomer Leslyn Lewis in that party's leadership race. Ontario MP Scott Reid announced he's endorsing Lewis in the con...
Jul 07, 2020
Toronto FC goalkeeper Quentin Westberg tries to keep things in perspective
Goalkeeper Quentin Westberg said goodbye to his family three times as Toronto FC tried to sort out COVID-19 testing ahead of flying to Florida on Monday for the MLS is Back tournament. On Tuesday...
Jul 07, 2020
Dutch police arrest 6 men, uncover makeshift torture chamber
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed "torture chamber" complete with a dentist's ch...
Jul 07, 2020
Maryland GOP governor releasing book on his tenure, politics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who considered a primary challenge to President Donald Trump last year, said Tuesday he is releasing a book about national politics and his experiences as g...
Jul 07, 2020
