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Trash talk part of soundtrack of competitive Raptors practices at Disney
Trash talk has become the soundtrack of Toronto Raptors practices at Walt Disney World. Four months after the NBA was forced to shut down due to COVID-19, the Raptors are making up for lost time with ...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets another record with monthly overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 175 fatalities in June surpassed the previous high o...
Jul 16, 2020
UPDATED: Alberta Justice was provided notification of Phillips surveillance investigation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Justice is confirming proper notification was provided in 2018 regarding the investigation of two Lethbridge police officers who were found to be involved in unauthorized surv...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian hospitality workers fear long-term unemployment in the sector
VANCOUVER - The union representing 300,000 hospitality workers across the country says it fears staff laid off because of COVID-19 may not have a job when the pandemic is over. The Canadian direc...
Jul 16, 2020
Visitor restrictions at Saskatchewan health facilities
SWIFT CURRENT, SK - Visitation at Swift Current's Cypress Regional Hospital and long-term care centres in southwest and west-central Saskatchewan will be restricted as the risk of COVID-19 rises in th...
Jul 16, 2020
Used to playing through aches and illness, NHLers know COVID-19 is different
Dave Tippett remembers keeping injuries from trainers on numerous occasions during his playing days. A cracked bone? Good to go. What about a sore shoulder? No problem. It's well-known NHLers bat...
Jul 16, 2020
Matthews, MacKinnon, O'Reilly named finalists for NHL's Lady Byng award
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and St. Louis Blues centre Ryan O'Reilly are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Lady Byng Memori...
Jul 16, 2020
Manitoba judge points to systemic issues in Indigenous woman's killing
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge sentencing a young man for beating his own mother to death has denounced systemic issues the judge says leave Indigenous people at risk. "The ruin of the First Na...
Jul 16, 2020
Ousted Green candidate says he is sorry for comment but insists it was not racist
OTTAWA - The Green party has shown the door to one of its leadership candidates, saying several of his recent comments do not align with the party's values on diversity. Dylan Perceval-Maxwell wa...
Jul 16, 2020
More funding for unemployed apprentices
A financial support for Alberta apprentices will be boosted by 50 per cent this school year.Under the Apprentice Training Award, eligible apprentices will receive $1,500 during the classroom instructi...
Jul 16, 2020