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Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new national program to help Black Canadians get business loans with national banks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID-19 pandemic has dispropo...
Sep 09, 2020
Canadian rider Michael Woods wins Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, takes race lead
SATURNIA, Italy - Powering up a climb so steep that bystanders gave riders helping pushes, Canadian Michael Woods won Stage 3 of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday and took the overall lead. Woods, wh...
Sep 09, 2020
Town sees increase in impaired driving, drop in property crime in latest RCMP report
The Town of Battleford is seeing an increase in impaired driving cases, but a drop in property crime in the latest RCMP report.The report covered the second quarter from April to June and the year-to-...
Sep 09, 2020
Sask. man charged after cougar harassed with a slingshot in Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A Prince Albert man is facing two charges after a cougar was allegedly harassed with a slingshot in Banff National Park.Parks Canada says in a statement that its wardens received ...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. job postings rise to 6.6 million in July
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised more jobs but hired fewer workers in July, sending mixed signals about the job market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Labor Department said Wednesda...
Sep 09, 2020
Biden visits manufacturing heartland to curry favour with blue-collar voters
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden is in America's manufacturing heartland today to hammer home how he would keep blue-collar jobs and investment on U.S. soil. The Democratic party's presidential nomine...
Sep 09, 2020
Iranian director calls Venice premiere 'like a new life'
VENICE, Italy - Restricted travel, quarantine and positive COVID-19 tests meant that Majid Majidi's appearance at the Venice Film Festival for Iranian drama "Sun Children" (Khorshid) was an achievemen...
Sep 09, 2020
'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' will end in 2021
LOS ANGELES - Who do we keep up with now? After more than a decade, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" will be ending its run next year. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye" to the reality sho...
Sep 09, 2020
Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
LOS ANGELES - Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Wednesday that Ha...
Sep 09, 2020
Calgary wants to be a hub city as Canada loses international sports to virus
CALGARY - Canada's status as an international winter-sport host is taking a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancellations that started in March when the novel coronaviru...
Sep 09, 2020