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CP NewsAlert: Annual Montreal F1 race cancelled for 2020 because of COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled for 2020. The annual race in Montreal was postponed from its original June 14 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers had hoped to hold ...
Jul 24, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, July 24
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3 a.m. ET on July 24, 2020: There are 112,672 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 58,080 confirmed (including 5,662 deaths, 50,505 resol...
Jul 24, 2020
US new home sales jump 13.8% in June
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose a sharp 13,8% in June, the second straight increase after two months when sales plunged as the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus. The Commerce ...
Jul 24, 2020
Montreal mom expected to be charged in connection with 6-year-old's stabbing death
MONTREAL - The mother of a six-year-old girl who died of stab wounds in an east-end Montreal residence has been arrested and is expected to appear in court today in connection with the incident. Montr...
Jul 24, 2020
Transportation Safety Board removes helicopter from crash site in N.L.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Members of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada have completed their work at the scene of a fatal helicopter crash in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Robinson R44 light uti...
Jul 24, 2020
Black box data of Ukraine plane shot down by Iran analysed by investigators
OTTAWA - Canada's Transportation Safety Board says a team of international investigators has completed a preliminary analysis of the data from the flight recorders of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot ...
Jul 24, 2020
Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama's podcast debut
LOS ANGELES - The first guest of Michelle Obama's new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice: Barack Obama. The former United States president is expected to appear on "The Michelle Obama Pod...
Jul 24, 2020
AP-NORC poll: Optimism fades jobs lost to virus will return
WASHINGTON - Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, as temporary cutbacks give way to s...
Jul 24, 2020
Goldman Sachs in $3.9B settlement with Malaysia over 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Goldman Sachs has reached a $3.9B settlement with Malaysia over the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund that was used to launder money. Malaysian and U.S. prosecutors had alleged that ...
Jul 24, 2020
NHLers ready for awkward bubble moments: 'I don't think it'll be too friendly"
Tuukka Rask doesn't expect any problems living under the same roof as his rivals. He's not so sure about everyone else. "I don't have too many enemies in the league because you're a goalie and you're ...
Jul 24, 2020