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China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020
Pandemic erases Quebec's projected surplus, throws province into $15-billion deficit
Quebec is projecting a $15-billion deficit for the current fiscal year, three months after Finance Minister Eric Girard forecast a surplus of nearly $3 billion. Girard's economic update, released toda...
Jun 19, 2020
Toronto FC's Justin Morrow heads up newly formed Black Players Coalition of MLS
Toronto FC defender Justin Morrow is heading up the newly formed Black Players Coalition of MLS, aimed at addressing racial inequality in the league and positively impacting Black communities across C...
Jun 19, 2020
Tribes turn to musicians to raise kids' awareness of COVID
PABLO, Mont. - The scene is the pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 93 in Pablo. In the midst of a gaggle of dancing children, a young hip-hop artist raps out a serious message: "I pull my mask up to ...
Jun 19, 2020
Trailer becomes stage: local country singer back on the road
A year after he underwent open-heart surgery, Paddockwood musician Elmer Lamadee was ready to get back on the stage - then COVID-19 happened. "All the shows that we had booked with the Country Music A...
Jun 19, 2020
Juneteenth in Tulsa: freedom still a distant, delayed dream for Black America
TULSA, Okla. - Black Americans are gathering today to mark the anniversary of an emancipation that came two and a half years late - liberty that many say feels like it never came at all. It's bee...
Jun 19, 2020
Mouths to feed, no money coming in; rodeo stock contractors feel pandemic pain
CALGARY - Canada's rodeo stock contractors are caught between bulls and broncs and an empty bank account. Rodeos cancelled or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic means bucking stock isn't bring...
Jun 19, 2020
'Two Michaels' charged in China and policing the police; In The News for June 19
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 19 ... What...
Jun 19, 2020
O'Toole sidesteps clear definition, acknowledgment of systemic racism
TORONTO - As three Conservative leadership candidates acknowledged the need to address systemic racism in Canada, a fourth, Erin O'Toole, wouldn't say whether he believes it exists. A party member ask...
Jun 19, 2020
