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IIHF decision looming on world junior men's hockey championship in Canada
EDMONTON - A decision has yet to be made on whether the 2021 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will be played with or without fans. The International Ice Hockey F...
Sep 01, 2020
Florida announces ban on nursing home visits will be lifted
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will lift the state's ban on visiting nursing homes that has cut off vulnerable seniors from family since mid-March over fears o...
Sep 01, 2020
Statistics Canada preps new online inflation tool to better detail price impacts
OTTAWA - The national statistics agency is readying a new online tool designed to help Canadians track the impact of price changes on their spending during the pandemic. Statistics Canada already has ...
Sep 01, 2020
Quebec daycare workers begin rotating strike as talks set to resume this week
MONTREAL - Ten thousand Quebec unionized home daycare workers began the first of a series of rotating strikes Tuesday, after negotiations with the province failed to produce a deal. The group rep...
Sep 01, 2020
RCMP responding to review sparked by director facing national-security charges
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is working to address the findings of an independent review of how the force handled employee complaints about bullying by a senior director who now awaits trial on national-...
Sep 01, 2020
RCMP respond to firearm discharged on Onion Lake First Nation
Police responded to a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds near a business on the east side of Onion Lake First Nation. On the evening of Aug. 29, Onion Lake RCMP received the report of a 35-yea...
Sep 01, 2020
High vaccine use urged by Tam, Njoo to beat COVID-19, restore pre-pandemic life
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health officers say widespread vaccination of Canadians is the only way to corral COVID-19 and allow life to return to a semblance of its pre-pandemic state. Dr....
Sep 01, 2020
Saskatchewan Red Cross Needs Volunteers
Become a volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross and help your local community as part of the largest humanitarian organization in the world! There are opportunities to help your neighbours in Saskatche...
Sep 01, 2020
Penguins star Sidney Crosby undergoes wrist surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery on Monday but should be ready to go well before the start of training camp. The team announced the procedure on Tuesday. It ...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is diving into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders. ...
Sep 01, 2020