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Environment Canada says at least two tornadoes touched down Saturday
According to Environment Canada, at least two tornadoes touched down in southwest Saskatchewan on Saturday.The first was reported at about 4 p.m. south of Glenbain by extreme weather photographer Crai...
Jul 05, 2020

Young Syrian refugee gives back to Quebec by working at long-term care home
MONTREAL - George Chabo was just a teenager when the Syrian refugee arrived in Montreal in the winter of 2016, met first by Canadian Red Cross volunteers who supplied him and his family...
Jul 05, 2020

Enhanced crowd audio adds another dimension to fanless games
There's clearly a huge difference between an English Premier League match and one played between friends on a local field. But when you take away 54,000 fans who would otherwise be singing and cheerin...
Jul 05, 2020

Cosby citing systemic racism as he fights assault conviction
PHILADELPHIA - In a nearly empty Philadelphia courtroom in June 2015, a lawyer for Bill Cosby implored a federal judge to keep the comedian's testimony in an old sexual battery lawsuit under wraps. It...
Jul 05, 2020

First glimpse of Canada's COVID-19 infection rate expected mid-July
OTTAWA - The doctor overseeing Canada's COVID-19 antibody research says by mid-July we should get the first glimpse of how many Canadians might have already contracted the novel coronavirus. Dr. Timot...
Jul 05, 2020

Cosby citing systemic racism as he fights assault conviction
PHILADELPHIA - In a nearly empty Philadelphia courtroom in June 2015, a lawyer for Bill Cosby implored a federal judge to keep the comedian's testimony in an old sexual battery lawsuit under wraps. It...
Jul 05, 2020

'Lift Every Voice and Sing' hymn ignites hope across nation
LOS ANGELES - The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has resurrected a beacon of hope...
Jul 05, 2020

Enhanced crowd audio adds another dimension to fanless games
There's clearly a huge difference between an English Premier League match and one played between friends on a local field. But when you take away 54,000 fans who would otherwise be singing and cheerin...
Jul 05, 2020

Ethiopian police patrol Oromia area and capital after unrest
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopian police were patrolling the country's troubled Oromia region and the capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday, following a week of unrest in which 166 people were killed and mo...
Jul 05, 2020

First glimpse of Canada's COVID-19 infection rate expected mid-July
OTTAWA - The doctor overseeing Canada's COVID-19 antibody research says by mid-July we should get the first glimpse of how many Canadians might have already contracted the novel coronavirus. Dr. Timot...
Jul 05, 2020