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Canada encouraging Iran to ship black boxes to France as soon as possible
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada is eager for Iran to follow through on a new pledge to send the black boxes from the downed Ukraine Airlines jetliner to France. After more than tw...
Jun 12, 2020

Fed: Will use 'full range of tools' to boost economy
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has promised to use its "full range of tools" to pull the country out of a deep recession caused by a global pandemic, signalling that it would keep interest rates low...
Jun 12, 2020

Scheer wants Champagne, Trudeau to explain minister's two Chinese mortgages
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne to explain how his holding two mortgages with a Chinese bank doesn't compromise his ability to dea...
Jun 12, 2020

Canadian Jeff Smith hopes to be involved when live darts returns in July
Add darts to the list of sports returning to live action. The Professional Darts Corporation announced Friday that live darts will return next month with the launch of the PDC Summer Series in England...
Jun 12, 2020

Montreal police officer charged with sexual assault against Ontario woman
MONTREAL - An Ontario woman visiting Montreal last year says she was arrested, injured by police and then, hours later, sexually assaulted by an off-duty officer in her hotel room. The woman, who...
Jun 12, 2020

"They got a decent team up there" - Nurse says Raptors in same position as last year
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet will never forget the victorious bus ride back to the hotel from Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. Kyle Lowry did DJ duties, and kept hitting repeat on Queen anthem "We are ...
Jun 12, 2020

Supreme Court sides with B.C.'s francophone school board over education rights
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with British Columbia's francophone school board - at least in part - in a dispute over French-language education in the province. The cas...
Jun 12, 2020

Formula 1 cancels races in Azerbaijan, Singapore, Japan
Formula One races in Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japan were cancelled on Friday because of issues arising from the coronavirus pandemic. The sport's governing body said it still hopes to deliver up to 1...
Jun 12, 2020

Episode of UK sitcom Fawlty Towers pulled over racist slurs
LONDON - One of the most memorable episodes of one of the most popular British sitcoms of all-time has been withdrawn from a U.K. streaming service because of numerous racial slurs. UKTV, a streaming ...
Jun 12, 2020

'Systemic racism' in Canada reflected in health, income and other indicators
MONTREAL - For Louise Delisle, an African Nova Scotian who grew up in the rural town of Shelburne, the racism her community has experienced over the years is reflected in the health of ...
Jun 12, 2020