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NCAA: No championships in states with confederate symbol
The NCAA is expanding its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its championship events. The current ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCA...
Jun 19, 2020
Lithuania erects sculpture in honour of JD Salinger
VILNIUS, Lithuania - J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," was honoured Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village w...
Jun 19, 2020
Bands support anti-racism petition, pull out of Canada Day event in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Three musical groups slated to headline a virtual Canada Day celebration in Surrey, B.C., have pulled out of the event to protest what they say is that city's lack of com...
Jun 19, 2020
South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music
MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa - The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of "America's Got Talent," but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themse...
Jun 19, 2020
City of Kamloops reopens boat launches ahead of Father's Day weekend
KAMLOOPS - As river levels recede, the City of Kamloops is reopening its boat launches Friday (June 19).The boat launches at Thompson Drive, Pioneer Park and McArthur Island were closed on May 28 as t...
Jun 19, 2020
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
WASHINGTON - Undeterred by this week's Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the...
Jun 19, 2020
Feds invite comment on information law amid concerns about pandemic slowdowns
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is inviting Canadians to say what they think of the federal law that allows the public to request information from federal departments and agencies. But ...
Jun 19, 2020
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020
Pandemic erases Quebec's projected surplus, throws province into $15-billion deficit
Quebec is projecting a $15-billion deficit for the current fiscal year, three months after Finance Minister Eric Girard forecast a surplus of nearly $3 billion. Girard's economic update, released toda...
Jun 19, 2020
