JACKSON, Miss. - In 1890, as white politicians across the South cracked down on the black population with Jim Crow laws, Mississippi inserted into its constitution an unusually high bar for getting el...
Jun 01, 2019
BRITISH COLUMBIA- British Columbia's minimum wage gets a $1.20 raise today, boosting it to $13.85 an hour.Some say it's still too low. President of the BC Federation of Labour Laird Cronk, says the in...
Jun 01, 2019
MONTREAL - The Quebec government launched a wide-ranging independent commission Thursday to look into youth protection in the province, prompted by the death last month of a seven-...
Jun 01, 2019
VILNIUS, Lithuania - In Lithuania, the rat race of life apparently starts early. Twenty-five babies have taken to the red carpet in Lithuania in a crawling race as their parents, grandparents and onlo...
Jun 01, 2019
VANCOUVER - A tentative agreement has been reached in a labour dispute that threatened to shut down all ports in British Columbia and have a ripple effect across the Canadian economy. T...
Jun 01, 2019
Canadian John Urschel is loving life after the NFL. It's been nearly two years since the six-foot-three, 300-pound offensive guard retired after just three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Ursc...
Jun 01, 2019
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian police detained the captain of a cruise ship that collided with and sank a sightseeing boat packed with South Korean tourists, as rescue crews geared up to raise the vess...
Jun 01, 2019
VANCOUVER - Toronto FC may be muddling through a slump, but that doesn't mean the Vancouver Whitecaps are underestimating their Canadian competition this week. TFC (5-6-2) suffered a disappointing 2-1...
Jun 01, 2019
TORONTO - After arriving on the NBA scene in 1995, it took a few years before the Toronto Raptors settled into their current digs at the venue now known as Scotiabank Arena. The team debuted on a...
Jun 01, 2019
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri pinpoints a particular conversation as the turning point in his relationship with Kyle Lowry this season. When the Toronto Raptors president shipped franchise icon and Lowry's go...
Jun 01, 2019