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Feds relaxing new fuel standards in short term, but making them tougher by 2030
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is scaling back the government's planned Clean Fuel Standard in the short term to give the fossil fuel industry a bit more time to recover from the pan...
Jun 19, 2020

Former NFL-CFL player Vaughn Martin looking to help during COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - Life after football has been anything but dull for Vaughn Martin. After finishing his pro career in 2016 with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, Martin entered the business world, co-foundin...
Jun 19, 2020

Canadian international Lindsay Agnew signs with North Carolina Courage
CARY, N.C. - Canadian international Lindsay Agnew, who played for Sydney FC in Australia's W-League Grand Final in March, has signed a one-year contract plus an option with the defending NWSL cha...
Jun 19, 2020

Nunavut court approves teacher sex abuse class action against governments
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut court has approved a class-action lawsuit against the federal government and two territories over sex abuse of Inuit children by a teacher. Maurice Cloughley has already s...
Jun 19, 2020

Work stoppage in support of Juneteenth shuts down West Coast ports
VANCOUVER - Ports along the West Coast of Canada and the United States are quiet as workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union stop operations to support racial equality an...
Jun 19, 2020

NCAA: No championships in states with confederate symbol
The NCAA is expanding its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its championship events. The current ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCA...
Jun 19, 2020

Lithuania erects sculpture in honour of JD Salinger
VILNIUS, Lithuania - J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," was honoured Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village w...
Jun 19, 2020

South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music
MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa - The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of "America's Got Talent," but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themse...
Jun 19, 2020

Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
WASHINGTON - Undeterred by this week's Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the...
Jun 19, 2020

Feds invite comment on information law amid concerns about pandemic slowdowns
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is inviting Canadians to say what they think of the federal law that allows the public to request information from federal departments and agencies. But ...
Jun 19, 2020