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Options available when deferred utility bills come due, says city
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City utility customers who have been deferring payments due to COVID-19 are about one month away from the bill coming due.The City of Medicine Hat says there are options available f...
May 13, 2020
Canada wants to extend U.S. travel ban; PM not yet ready to consider future plan
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau says it's still too early for Canada to confront the challenges that will come with reopening the shared border with the United States. The prime minister sa...
May 13, 2020
Happy golfers, anxious commuters as England eases lockdown
LONDON - The sound of crisply struck golf balls could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as courses reopened Wednesday, part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown restric...
May 13, 2020
Watchdog blasts compensation regimes for disabled veterans, calls for overhaul
OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton is calling for a wholesale overhaul of how the federal government compensates and supports injured ex-soldiers. In a report released today, the watch...
May 13, 2020
Trudeau cites uncertainty around pandemic as reason for budget delay
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying when his government will provide a budget or fiscal update, citing economic uncertainty around COVID-19. The government's first budget since th...
May 13, 2020
Canadian youth international midfielder Julian Altobelli signs with York 9 FC
TORONTO - York 9 FC has signed 17-year-old Canadian youth international Julian Altobelli, making the midfielder the Canadian Premier League club's youngest-ever player. York 9 says the former Toronto ...
May 13, 2020
'Stay off our lands:' RCMP attendance at Indigenous ceremony raises ire of chief
SASKATOON - An Indigenous leader is telling the RCMP to stay off reserve land after armed officers were dispatched to break up a sacred ceremony. "These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. S...
May 13, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown eases in England, more exercise allowed
LONDON - The sound of a crisply struck golf ball could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as courses reopened Wednesday as part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown rest...
May 13, 2020
New clusters pop up; Europe debates summer tourist season
BRUSSELS - New coronavirus clusters have appeared as nations struggle to balance reopening economies with preventing a second wave of infections and deaths, while in Europe, a debate erupted over the ...
May 13, 2020
Rookie Alouettes receiver Papale finally getting shot at pro football
Vinny Papale comes by his drive and perseverance honestly. Last month, the rookie receiver signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes. The six-foot-one, 205-pound Papale last played foot...
May 13, 2020