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People have a right to capture footage of police on the job, say legal experts
Legal and privacy experts have a unified message for Canadians leery of facing threats or consequences for filming police interactions with the public - the law is on your side. Canadians have every r...
Jun 17, 2020
World's fastest man suspended for missing doping tests
The likelihood that the world's fastest man, Christian Coleman, might miss the Olympics next summer increased Wednesday when he received a provisional suspension for failing to be home when drug teste...
Jun 17, 2020
Aunt Jemima brand retired by Quaker due to racial stereotype
NEW YORK - Quaker Oats is retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character's origins are "based on a racial stereotype." Just hours later, the owner of the Uncl...
Jun 17, 2020
'Hamilton,' 'Phantom' will be off London stages until 2021
LONDON - Some of London's biggest West End shows, including "Hamilton" and "The Phantom of the Opera," won't reopen until next year, producers announced Wednesday, as arts bodies warned that Britain f...
Jun 17, 2020
Meet some of TRU's valedictorians and award winners for the 2019-2020 school year
KAMLOOPS - What do a competitive skier, a senior citizen who was a clinical psychologist and has become a visual artist and an editor for the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law have ...
Jun 17, 2020
New York declares Juneteenth a holiday for state employees
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's governor signed an executive order Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. Gov. Andrew Cu...
Jun 17, 2020
Researchers crack mystery of dinosaur eggs missing from fossil record
CALGARY - Researchers believe they have cracked the mystery of why fossilized eggs of only a few types of dinosaurs have been found. A paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature suggest...
Jun 17, 2020
Hall of Fame trainer Casse very thankful for different U.S. Triple Crown
Last goes first, first will go second and second will go last. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly created an unprecedented year in sports, including the U.S. Triple Crown. But different certainl...
Jun 17, 2020
More women join lawsuit against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard
More women have added their names to a class-action lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Eleven women recently joined the lawsuit, filed in t...
Jun 17, 2020
Lawyers, prosecutors in Patrik Mathews white-supremacy case seek extension
WASHINGTON - Prosecutors and lawyers for a former Canadian Forces reservist and two other men at the centre of an alleged white-supremacist plot to trigger a U.S. race war say they all need ...
Jun 17, 2020
