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Agreement affirms North Carolina transgender restroom rights
RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people's right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings. The co...
Jul 25, 2019
Guard Cameron Payne signs with Toronto Raptors
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Cameron Payne. Financial terms were not disclosed. The six-foot-three, 190-pound Payne averaged 6.3 points, 2.7 assists and 17.8 minutes in 40 games (13...
Jul 25, 2019
Esper is sworn in as defence secretary to succeed Mattis
WASHINGTON - It took seven months, but President Donald Trump on Tuesday finally got a Senate-confirmed secretary of defence to succeed Jim Mattis. Mark Esper, an Army veteran and former defence indus...
Jul 25, 2019
Wrongful death suits filed in SC prison riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Two lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that South Carolina corrections officials violated prisoners' constitutional rights by failing to prevent a riot in which seven inmates were killed l...
Jul 25, 2019
'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson calls on Alberta premier to end chuckwagon races
CALGARY - Canadian-born actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson has renewed her call for an end to chuckwagon races. Anderson has sent a letter to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and...
Jul 25, 2019
Charleston Hughes, Matt Nichols and Shaq Evans named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Saskatchewan defensive lineman Charleston Hughes and receiver Shaq Evans and Winnipeg quarterback Matt Nichols are the CFL top performers for Week 6. Hughes sacked B.C. quarterback Mike...
Jul 25, 2019
Canada launches multibillion-dollar bidding process for 88 new fighter jets
OTTAWA - Canada has formally asked four companies to submit bids to supply a new fleet of state-of-the-art fighter jets, the latest step in the country's almost decade-lo...
Jul 25, 2019
Canadian Solar signs Direct Energy as customer for Alberta project
GUELPH, Ont. - Canadian Solar Inc. says it has signed on Direct Energy as a buyer for power from its Suffield solar project in Alberta. The company says the 23 megawatt project is expected to be the l...
Jul 25, 2019 Solar Panel Against Blue Sky, Power Energy (Dreamstime stock image)
EDC says probe clears staff after corruption claim related to SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - Export Development Canada says an independent review has cleared its personnel of any wrongdoing after a claim that its staff turned a blind eye to bribery and corruption in a&...
Jul 25, 2019
CBSA looks for actors to play smugglers, be struck for recruit training program
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency is looking once again for a handful of stunt actors to be thrown down, handcuffed, searched and beaten to help train new recruits. The agency has p...
Jul 25, 2019