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Mike Duffy appeals to Supreme Court in bid to sue Senate
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is filing an appeal to the country's top court in the hopes the Supreme Court of Canada will let him sue the Senate from a years-old spending scandal. Duffy is seeking $7.8 mi...
Oct 21, 2020
Financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack likely to learn fate in early November
TORONTO - It looks like the future of the Toronto Wolfpack could be decided in early November. The financially troubled transatlantic team faces a Friday deadline to file its response to questions fro...
Oct 21, 2020
B.C. Liberal candidates promising to fast-track Parkcrest Elementary rebuild, local NDP candidate says it's on track to open in 2022
KAMLOOPS -It's been more than a year since students and families watched Parkcrest Elementary School. Thirteen months later, the school grounds remain bare. At the time of the fire, Education Minister...
Oct 21, 2020
Raptors do without live visits from potential recruits as NBA draft approaches
TORONTO - Any other season would have the Toronto Raptors' getting to know potential draft picks over intimate dinners in Toronto. They'd be showing them around the city. They'd be seeing how they tak...
Oct 21, 2020
Frizzell named President of FCM
PRINCE GEORGE - It has taken many years, but one local Councillor has become the President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Garth Frizzell has been on the FCM since 2008 and has been the ...
Oct 21, 2020
'Bad Hair' movie explores Black women and hairstyle messages
LOS ANGELES - Several scenes in the film "Bad Hair" were so horrifying that some cast members initially second-guessed their own use of hair weave or extensions. The dark comedy horror is "only a film...
Oct 21, 2020
Quebec Human Rights Commission urges government to move on racism, racial profiling
MONTREAL - Quebec's Human Rights Commission is urging the province to act against systemic racism and says the majority of recommendations it made in a 2011 report have never been implemented. That re...
Oct 21, 2020
Spain 1st in western Europe to hit 1 million virus cases
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain became the first country in western Europe to accumulate more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as the nation of 47 million struggles to contain a resu...
Oct 21, 2020
Joe Biden's debate-rematch quandary: How do you solve a problem like The Donald?
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Viewers might be watching television through their fingers Thursday night - not the latest gory Halloween thriller, but the two men vying to be the next president of the United Sta...
Oct 21, 2020
Trump the dancer? His moves to 'YMCA' at rallies are a hit
TUCSON, Ariz. - He adjusts his coat. He gazes out at the crowd. And then he goes for it. President Donald Trump, a man who is famously particular about his appearance, is fully embracing doing a dad d...
Oct 21, 2020
