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Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens
ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...
Jul 09, 2020
Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens
ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...
Jul 09, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, July 9
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:04 a.m. on July 9, 2020: There are 106,604 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,079 confirmed (including 5,603 deaths, 25,534 resol...
Jul 09, 2020
Canada not ready for second wave of COVID-19, Senate committee says
OTTAWA - A new report from a committee of senators says the country is ill-prepared to handle a second wave of COVID-19. The Senate's social affairs committee says the federal government needs to pay ...
Jul 09, 2020
Parents concerned about children's social lives, survey says
A crowdsourced survey of Canadian parents finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents are concerned about their children's social lives during the pandemic. Statistics Canada published a report&nb...
Jul 09, 2020
Justices rule swath of Oklahoma remains tribal reservation
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation, a decision that state and federal officials have warned could throw Oklahom...
Jul 09, 2020
Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara undergoes successful knee surgery
Toronto FC rookie midfielder/forward Ifunanyachi Achara has undergone successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his left knee. In a statement Th...
Jul 09, 2020
Supreme Court says Congress can't get Trump records, for now
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday kept a hold on President Donald Trump's financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year. The ruling returns the case to lower courts, w...
Jul 09, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court OKs GOP-authored lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-authored lame-duck laws that stripped power from the incoming Democratic attorney general just before ...
Jul 09, 2020
Calls for police reform shine spotlight on Oregon model for crisis intervention
An emergency dispatcher picks up a call from a mother who says her adult son is angry and breaking things at home, but he may not react well to police officers. In most cities, armed officers would be...
Jul 09, 2020