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Artists to cash in when work is resold with update of copyright laws
OTTAWA - Artists are to get paid when their work is resold in a shakeup of copyright laws that would give them a slice of collectors' profits. Painters, sculptors and other visual artists stand to get...
Aug 06, 2022
Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts
OTTAWA - Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized ...
Aug 06, 2022
Amanda Todd's mother highlights impact of 'sextortion', as jury deliberates
NEW WESTMINSTER - The mother of Amanda Todd hopes her daughter's case brings increased awareness of the devastating impacts of "sextortion", as a jury in the trial of a Dutch man accused of blackmaili...
Aug 06, 2022
Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER - The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests. As authorities aim to educate you...
Aug 06, 2022
Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza early Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed a...
Aug 05, 2022
Cavallini scores, short-handed Whitecaps snatch dramatic 2-1 win over Dynamo
VANCOUVER - Lucas Cavallini scored in injury time, giving the short-handed Vancouver Whitecaps a much-needed 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Friday. The Canadian striker fired a left-footed sho...
Aug 05, 2022
Jays' miscues lead to Gordon run in 10th, Twins win 6-5
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Nick Gordon hit a three-run homer and scored in the 10th inning for Minnesota after a pair of miscues by Toronto catcher Danny Jansen, giving the Twins a 6-5 win over the Blue Jays ...
Aug 05, 2022
Stampeders snap two-game losing streak, defeat Redblacks 17-3
OTTAWA - The Calgary Stampeders snapped a two-game losing streak with a 17-3 win over the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night at TD Place. Bo Levi Mitchell was far from his best, but on this night he was ea...
Aug 05, 2022
Indiana Legislature 1st to approve abortion bans post Roe
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's Legislature became the first in the nation Friday to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The measure...
Aug 05, 2022
Canada's Olivier Aubin-Mercier moves within one win of US$1-million MMA payday
NEW YORK - (The Canadian Gangster) Olivier Aubin-Mercier won a unanimous decision over Paraguay's Alex Martinez on Friday to move into the lightweight final of the Professional Fighters League. The 33...
Aug 05, 2022
