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MPs on public-safety committee to consider study of systemic police racism
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee plans to meet this afternoon to consider doing a study of systemic racism in policing. New Democrat MP Jack Harris has been pressing the public-safety committee t...
Jun 23, 2020
Asian shares advance, tracking Wall Street tech rally
TOKYO - Asian shares were higher on Tuesday, recovering from some early losses as regional markets tracked a late rally on Wall Street led by technology shares. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5%...
Jun 23, 2020
MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878 as union balks
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players' association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting...
Jun 22, 2020
Canada's Gillian (The Savage) Robertson makes US$50000 for UFC weekend win
LAS VEGAS - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson collected US$50,000 for her third-round submission win over American Cortney (Cast Iron) Casey on Saturday's UFC Fight Night card in Las V...
Jun 22, 2020
Senate committee says Beyak has learned, recommends suspension be rescinded
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the upper house be lifted now that she has taken anti-racism training and apologized for posting derogator...
Jun 22, 2020
Alberta ups ante in NHL hub bid, pitches mountain visits for players' families
EDMONTON - Alberta is upping the ante in its bid for Edmonton to co-host the NHL's summer Stanley Cup playoff tournament, pitching Rocky Mountain excursions for players' families. "It's...
Jun 22, 2020
Unifor members ratify refinery deal
It took 196 days locked out and the vote of 730 workers but finally the deal is done.Unifor Local 594 members have ratified a tentative agreement with the Co-op refinery.In a news release, the union w...
Jun 22, 2020
Virus cases at Djokovic's event put sports under scrutiny
BELGRADE, Serbia - Novak Djokovic's charity tennis exhibition series, combined with an overall softening of coronavirus restrictions in Serbia and Croatia, has been followed by an increase in the numb...
Jun 22, 2020
Baseball, softball practices resume in Meadow Lake
While most summer activities and youth sport camps were postponed due to the pandemic, the local baseball and softball seasons will return although players will be solely focused on practice with no g...
Jun 22, 2020
Conservatives nominate most decorated Indigenous war veteran for new $5 banknote
Conservative MPs including the Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River's Gary Vidal is calling for the most decorated Canadian war veteran to be the face of a new $5 banknote. A video released on Facebook ...
Jun 22, 2020