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Beyoncé’s message, epic performances stand out at BET Awards
LOS ANGELES - Beyonc used her platform Sunday while accepting the BET humanitarian award to relay a direct appeal to viewers: Go vote. "Your voices are being heard and you're proving to our ancestors ...
Jun 29, 2020
Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs
LONDON - The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement Sunday tha...
Jun 29, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jun 29, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00.am. on June 29, 2020: There are 103,250 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,079 confirmed (including 5,448 deaths, 23,786 resolv...
Jun 29, 2020
A call for repatriation and slices of pandemic life; In The News for June 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 29. What we are watching in Canada ... OT...
Jun 29, 2020
Militants attack Karachi stock exchange, killing at least 3
KARACHI, Pakistan - Militants attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least three people - two guards and a policeman, according to police. Special police fo...
Jun 29, 2020
B.C. teenager photographs personal experiences of people around the world
VANCOUVER - A 17-year-old British Columbia student has been documenting the personal experiences of strangers around the world during this pandemic one photograph at a time. Asalah Youssef of Lan...
Jun 29, 2020
Rights group blasts Ottawa for not helping detained ISIL members, families
OTTAWA - An international human rights group is calling on the federal government to repatriate dozens of Canadian men, women and children who are being detained in squalid camps in northeastern Syria...
Jun 29, 2020
'A work in progress': Injured Broncos player continues rehab after lockdown
CALGARY - At first glance it appears that Ryan Straschnitzki, the former Humboldt Broncos hockey player paralyzed from the chest down two years ago in a Saskatchewan bus crash, is paying close attenti...
Jun 29, 2020
Source: Patriots sign QB Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady
BOSTON - The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Cam Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady...
Jun 28, 2020