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3 black women win Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America
NEW YORK - When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the first time, three black women are the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Amer...
May 03, 2019
Blazers GM not concerned about choosing two first rounders already committed to Michigan
KAMLOOPS - A day after the WHL Bantam Draft in Red Deer, the Kamloops Blazers general manager is confident with his two first-round picks, despite both having committed to play at the University of Mi...
May 03, 2019 Blazers' GM Matt Bardsley got a sense that 7th overall pick Mats Lindgren (left) and 20th overall pick Connor Levis will play in Kamloops some day (Image Credit: Contributed)
CBC must diversify revenue to protect it from political whims, president says
MONTREAL - CBC president Catherine Tait says the public broadcaster must continue looking for new commercial revenue streams in order to protect it from the whims of politicians. Tait t...
May 03, 2019
Feds propose making some employers offer menstrual products for free at work
OTTAWA - Women in federally regulated workplaces may soon find free menstrual products under a government proposal made public Friday. The government proposes to put menstrual products, such as t...
May 03, 2019
Marineland, Vancouver Aquarium shipping beluga whales out of the country
Two major Canadian tourist attractions are sending beluga whales outside the country as a new federal law looms that would ban exports on marine mammals, The Canadian Press has learned. Fisheries and ...
May 03, 2019
New EDC human-rights policy lacks power, say workers and watchdogs
OTTAWA - Export Development Canada is declaring itself a leading defender of human rights, but workers groups and advocates say the Crown agency's long-awaited new policy falls well sho...
May 03, 2019
Semenya responds to court case with victory on track in 800
DOHA, Qatar - Caster Semenya raised a fist to the crowd when her name was called, then easily won what could be the last 800-meter race for the Olympic champion. She responded to her defeat in a landm...
May 03, 2019
RCMP suspect arsonist at work in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - Mounties in Williams Lake are investigating an arson at a nightclub in that community. The fire was discovered by staff late Thursday evening in the rear of the building. The nightclub...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Public prosecutor takes aim at SNC-Lavalin's court bid for remediation deal
OTTAWA - Canada's director of public prosecutions is firing a new volley at SNC-Lavalin that could hobble the company's ongoing legal fight for a special settlement agreement over ...
May 03, 2019
Trade pact with Europe could be hurt by climate-action infighting: McKenna
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says domestic dithering about climate action could put France's support for the Canada-Europe free-trade agreement at risk. McKenna is on...
May 03, 2019
