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Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance
NEW YORK - In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" anthology is an unqualified main event. While many other filmmakers are on hold, the "12 Years a Slave" d...
Oct 02, 2020
Vancouver home sales surge 56.2 per cent to record level in September
VANCOUVER - The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 3,643 were sold i...
Oct 02, 2020
PBO complains of lack of transparency on $422 billion in federal business support
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Crown corporations have handed out an estimated $422 million in "liquidity support" to businesses since the start of the pandemic. Four Crown corporation...
Oct 02, 2020
Family of Indigenous woman subjected to slurs in Quebec hospital to announce lawsuit
MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital says it will seek justice for her by launching legal proceedings. Members of Joyce Echaquan's famil...
Oct 02, 2020
Prince George RCMP continues search for hit-and-run suspect
PRINCE GEORGE - The investigation into a hit-and-run in Prince George continues.On September 7, Prince George RCMP received a report of a hit-and-run just before 10:30 p.m. along Highway 97 near the i...
Oct 02, 2020
TV's 'Warrior' latest proof that Bruce Lee still holds sway
PHOENIX - Even nearly 50 years after his death, Bruce Lee can still make ripples. From this summer's ESPN documentary, "Be Water," to Quentin Tarantino's heavily criticized depiction of him in "Once U...
Oct 02, 2020
Denying, defending and numb: Voters not moved by Trump taxes
OSHKOSH, Wis. - Danielle Fairbank closed the tailgate of her fire-engine red pickup truck in a Target parking lot in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and offered a hearty "Fake news!" to dismiss reports that Presid...
Oct 02, 2020
In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules
RALEIGH, N.C. - When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to so...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has floated the unconstitutional idea of delaying the Nov. 3 election. His administration may have violated a judge's order on the 2020 census and could be held in ...
Oct 02, 2020
US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%
WASHINGTON - America's employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic r...
Oct 02, 2020