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'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 6, 2020
One new COVID-19 case in Medicine Hat over the weekend
The province totalled 130 new cases of COVID-19 in the past three days, 15 of which are in the South Zone. Medicine Hat recorded one of the new cases.Medicine Hat now stands at 49 total cases -- 38 of...
Jul 6, 2020
Alberta to streamline approvals for new private clinics to boost surgeries
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is proposing legislation that would accelerate approvals of private clinics in order to get more surgeries done.It's one of the changes proposed in the Health Statute...
Jul 6, 2020
Manitoba's public health officer sees merit of Winnipeg CFL hub idea
WINNIPEG - The CFL still hasn't approached the Manitoba government about Winnipeg being a hub city for a potential 2020 season, but the province's chief public health officer thinks the plan coul...
Jul 6, 2020
Small business aid went beyond hard-hit companies, data show
WASHINGTON - The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money from a federal program that probably softened job losses from the c...
Jul 6, 2020
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Wallace over flag and noose
WASHINGTON - NASCAR's layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the racing organization for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the spor...
Jul 6, 2020
Spurs captain Lloris confronts Son during 1-0 win vs Everton
LONDON - Tottenham duo Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-min had to be separated by teammates during a confrontation at halftime of a 1-0 victory over Everton in the English Premier League on Monday. As the s...
Jul 6, 2020
Pandemic slows disclosure of information to defence lawyers in RCMP secrets case
OTTAWA - A federal prosecutor says the disclosure of evidence to defence lawyers has "slowed significantly" in the case of Cameron Jay Ortis, an RCMP member charged with revealing secrets. Crown ...
Jul 6, 2020
Overdose deaths increase by 93 per cent among B.C.'s First Nations
VANCOUVER - The First Nations Health Authority says 89 members of its community fatally overdosed from illicit drugs across British Columbia between January and May, an increase of 93 p...
Jul 6, 2020
MLS MVP Carlos Vela will skip LAFC's trip to Orlando tourney
LOS ANGELES - Major League Soccer MVP Carlos Vela will not accompany Los Angeles FC to the league's return tournament in Orlando this month. Vela announced his decision Monday, citing his concern for ...
Jul 6, 2020