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A look at some highlights of the Saskatchewan budget
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government presented its 2020-21 budget built around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of the highlights: - A $2.4-billion deficit with...
Jun 15, 2020
Wayne Embry says if given the choice to play amid racial unrest, he would
TORONTO - Wayne Embry remembers the shock and sorrow that swept through the Boston Celtics when Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated hours before Game 1 of the 1968 Eastern Division fina...
Jun 15, 2020
Feds to consider non-traditional data in pandemic aid rework, Morneau says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will look at how measures to revive the economy from its pandemic-induced freeze will impact women and men differently. He also sug...
Jun 15, 2020
Tradition was important factor in planning of Canadian Triple Crown races
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a change of dates for Canada's Triple Crown races but it wasn't going to force Jim Lawson to switch either the order or d...
Jun 15, 2020
Toronto FC, Whitecaps resume full team training ahead of MLS is Back tournament
Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps resumed full team training Monday ahead of next month's MLS is Back tournament. They join Atlanta United, Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew,...
Jun 15, 2020
Mexico hits pause on sending temporary foreign workers after COVID-19 deaths
OTTAWA - The government of Mexico won't send any more temporary foreign workers to Canada until it has more clarity on why two died due to COVID-19. The Mexican ambassador to Canada says his governmen...
Jun 15, 2020
Pandemic puts a $2.4 billion wound in the Saskatchewan budget
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant hole in the Saskatchewan budget that will take more than a vaccine to cure.The reduction in provincial revenues and additional costs related to t...
Jun 15, 2020
Under police pressure, France backs off ban on chokeholds
PARIS - Under pressure from police, the French government backed away Monday from a ban on chokeholds during arrests. France's interior minister announced a week ago that the immobilization technique ...
Jun 15, 2020
Hubbard calls for change at OSU after picture of coach wearing OAN shirt surfaces
Canadian college football star Chuba Hubbard says he will "not be doing anything" with Oklahoma State University after a picture surfaced on social media of head coach Mike Gundy wearing a One Am...
Jun 15, 2020
NewsAlert: Saskatchewan says COVID-19 factor in $2.4B deficit; no cuts coming
REGINA - Saskatchewan's finance minister says the COVID-19 pandemic is mostly behind a predicted $2.4-billion deficit this year, but the government won't cut programs and services. Donn...
Jun 15, 2020