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Holly Hunter suits up as US prosecutor in 'The Comey Rule'
LOS ANGELES - Holly Hunter has been entrusted with playing an array of real-world women, from tennis great Billie Jean King to a cheerleading mom gone astray to her latest role, a federal prosecutor c...
Sep 24, 2020
Ottawa Aces signing Guy Armitage comes with impressive rugby pedigree
New Ottawa Aces signing Guy Armitage comes with an impressive pedigree. Not only has he represented England in rugby union at the under-20 level and played in England's Premiership, the 28-year-old ha...
Sep 24, 2020
Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid scandal
ROME - The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reported...
Sep 24, 2020
Top Nunavut justice says judges can't be too lenient with sentences during pandemic
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Offenders in Nunavut should not necessarily get shorter jail time because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Nunavut's top judge. Chief Justice Neil Sharkey says while the pandemi...
Sep 24, 2020
French Open: Ninth-seed Shapovalov draws Simon, Raonic withdraws
PARIS - Top-ranked Canadian Denis Shapovalov drew local favourite Gilles Simon as his first round opponent at the French Open, while Milos Raonic once again pulled out of the clay court tournament. Th...
Sep 24, 2020
Liability in the age of COVID-19, Canada's leagues, clubs wrestle with risk
The Flamborough Dundas Soccer Club cancelled its summer recreation league in July. Under pressure from parents wanting their children back on the pitch, the club near Hamilton recently resum...
Sep 24, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 1:50 p.m. Yukon's chief medical officer of health says the territory is considering a child-friendly, made-in-British Columb...
Sep 24, 2020
Liberals propose upping value of new COVID-19 benefits to match sunsetting CERB
OTTAWA - The Liberals are proposing to increase the value of benefits for unemployed workers to $500 a week under newly tabled legislation that lands days before aid runs out for millions. The proposa...
Sep 24, 2020
Human remains found in park
PRINCE RUPERT-RCMP in Prince Rupert identified human remains earlier this month.A release from September 11, by Prince Rupert RCMP says that on September 10 at around 12 p.m., with the assistance of t...
Sep 24, 2020
Bernie Sanders puts Trump on notice: 'You are not going to destroy' U.S. democracy
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Firebrand Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm over Donald Trump's refusal to promise a peaceful transfer of power next year. In a speech in Washington, D.C....
Sep 24, 2020