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Milan fashion gives small opening to Black Lives Matter
MILAN - When asked why there aren't more people of colour in the Italian fashion industry, officials have cited a lack of candidates in homogeneous Italy. Five African-born designers in Italy want to ...
Sep 28, 2020
Jury finds white nationalist guilty of rape threat
A federal jury on Monday found a self-proclaimed white nationalist who rose to prominence during a deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, guilty of threatening to rape the wife of a man who w...
Sep 28, 2020
Bubble won't be back for full 2020-21 NHL season
EDMONTON - The 64 days spent in the NHL playoff bubble feel like six months to Barclay Goodrow. "It's tough," the Tampa Bay Lightning forward said. "It's been a grind." It's a grind he and players won...
Sep 28, 2020
Gap in early death rates between rich and poor growing: research
Poor Canadians stand a greater chance of dying early than the well off and that gap has been growing for decades, says a detailed new analysis.The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Assoc...
Sep 28, 2020
Jamaican Nicholas Hamilton joins Scotland's Dundee on loan from York 9 FC
TORONTO - Jamaican winger/forward Nicholas Hamilton has joined Scotland's Dundee on loan from York 9 FC. Hamilton joined the CPL side in February but missed out on the recent Island Games because...
Sep 28, 2020
Veterans Affairs could clear application backlog in a year if it hired hundreds: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says Veterans Affairs Canada can clear its backlog of disability benefit applications in a year if it hires nearly 400 more people. The number of pending appli...
Sep 28, 2020
Prince Albert to host one of the province's first jury trials in nearly 6 months
After a nearly six-month hiatus, jury trials are set to resume in Saskatchewan this week.To ensure proper social distancing, they're all being off done off-site from the courthouses. For example, the ...
Sep 28, 2020
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops first-round match at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the French Open after a first-round loss. The No. 19 seed from Montreal lost 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 to world No. 52 Yoshihito Nishioka at the clay-court Gr...
Sep 28, 2020
Falcons blow another big lead, this time to Foles and Bears
ATLANTA - The Falcons suffered their second straight fourth-quarter collapse after leading by two touchdowns, this time to backup quarterback Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears, who rallied from a 16-po...
Sep 28, 2020
3 countries to assess new info about 1994 ferry sinking
STOCKHOLM - The governments of Sweden, Finland and Estonia said Monday they will jointly assess what that they called "new significant information" in connection with one of Europe's deadliest peaceti...
Sep 28, 2020
