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Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging
Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth are the latest brands reckoning with racially charged logos. The soul-searching comes in the wake of PepsiCo's announcement Wednesday that it's renaming its Aunt Je...
Jun 18, 2020
NewsAlert:Canada's COVID-19 caseload surpasses 100,000
TORONTO - Canada has officially recorded more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 across the country. The 173 new cases of COVID-19 reported today in Ontario, one of two provinces at the epicentr...
Jun 18, 2020
Confederate statue to be moved from central spot at Ole Miss
JACKSON, Miss. - A Confederate monument will be moved from a prominent spot at the University of Mississippi to a Civil War cemetery in a secluded part of the Oxford campus. The state college board me...
Jun 18, 2020
‘Do your part’: Sask. Chamber CEO to employees choosing CERB over returning to work
The CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce says too many people in the province are choosing to stay home and live off the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), rather than return to work.Ste...
Jun 18, 2020
Montreal Impact get green light to resume full team workouts at training centre
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have been approved to resume full team workouts at their training centre. The MLS team got the green light from provincial health authorities and the league. The Im...
Jun 18, 2020
Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era
PARIS - As Usain Bolt set the world ablaze, making athletics the hottest ticket at the Olympic Games, the sport was also being eaten from within. That grim picture has emerged from a corruption trial ...
Jun 18, 2020
Spanish league says audiences up by nearly 50% after break
MADRID - International viewership for Spanish soccer games increased by nearly 50% after they returned from the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the league said Thursday. Figures for the firs...
Jun 18, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada orders new trial for man in bail-breach case
OTTAWA - The Supreme of Court of Canada has sided with a man who was convicted of failing to comply with police checks while out on bail. In its unanimous ruling today, the high court ordered a new tr...
Jun 18, 2020
Eng forced off Canadian wheelchair basketball team by international changes
OTTAWA - A realigning of standards on who can compete in Paralympic wheelchair basketball has forced Canadian veteran David Eng off the national team. Canada's flagbearer at the 2016 Summer Paralympic...
Jun 18, 2020
Federal deficit could hit $256 billion, PBO says in new report
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says in a new report that this year's federal deficit could hit $256 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The result, posted in a report ...
Jun 18, 2020