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Lafarge fires employee after noose allegedly found near parking spot of Black worker
MONTREAL - Construction materials giant Lafarge Canada says it fired an employee after a discriminatory and hateful act took place at a Montreal work site. The company said today in a statement a...
Jul 09, 2020
Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens
ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...
Jul 09, 2020
Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens
ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...
Jul 09, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, July 9
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:04 a.m. on July 9, 2020: There are 106,604 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,079 confirmed (including 5,603 deaths, 25,534 resol...
Jul 09, 2020
Canada not ready for second wave of COVID-19, Senate committee says
OTTAWA - A new report from a committee of senators says the country is ill-prepared to handle a second wave of COVID-19. The Senate's social affairs committee says the federal government needs to pay ...
Jul 09, 2020
Parents concerned about children's social lives, survey says
A crowdsourced survey of Canadian parents finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents are concerned about their children's social lives during the pandemic. Statistics Canada published a report&nb...
Jul 09, 2020
Justices rule swath of Oklahoma remains tribal reservation
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation, a decision that state and federal officials have warned could throw Oklahom...
Jul 09, 2020
Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara undergoes successful knee surgery
Toronto FC rookie midfielder/forward Ifunanyachi Achara has undergone successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his left knee. In a statement Th...
Jul 09, 2020
Supreme Court says Congress can't get Trump records, for now
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday kept a hold on President Donald Trump's financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year. The ruling returns the case to lower courts, w...
Jul 09, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court OKs GOP-authored lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-authored lame-duck laws that stripped power from the incoming Democratic attorney general just before ...
Jul 09, 2020