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Air Canada, Ottawa agree to aid package worth up to $5.9 billion
OTTAWA - Air Canada and Ottawa have agreed to financing deals that would allow the airline to access as much as $5.9 billion through the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility program. As part of...
Apr 12, 2021
Hatters faced with aggressive and challenging rental market
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Daryl Lamb regularly looks online for a single-family home for rent. He has to be out of his Southridge home by the end of the month and time is ticking for him to find a pet-friendl...
Apr 12, 2021
Feds reach deal with Air Canada for financial relief
The federal government has reached an agreement with Air Canada to provide the pandemic-battered airline with financial support.In exchange, the airline will give refunds for customers who had their f...
Apr 12, 2021
Start of Humpty's Champions Cup pushed back a day in Calgary
CALGARY - Curling's Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary has been pushed back a day. The first of two Grand Slams was scheduled to open Wednesday morning, but Rogers Sportsnet announced Monday the first ...
Apr 12, 2021
Ten Canucks players back on ice after COVID-19 outbreak sweeps through team
VANCOUVER - For forward Tanner Pearson, the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through the Vancouver Canucks hit home as his teammates' loved ones began to fall ill. Players knew there was a r...
Apr 12, 2021
Police: Officer wounded, 1 dead in Tennessee school shooting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A confrontation in a Tennessee high school that involved police officers responding to a report of a possible armed man, left one person dead and an officer wounded, authorities sai...
Apr 12, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site
NEW YORK - "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's ...
Apr 12, 2021
Luke Bryan tests positive for COVID, sidelined from 'Idol'
LOS ANGELES - Luke Bryan says he's tested positive for COVID-19, which sidelined him from the season's first live "American Idol" episode on ABC. Paula Abdul, an original judge on the talent show when...
Apr 12, 2021
Calgary Flames deal Sam Bennett to Florida Panthers
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames jettisoned the highest draft pick in team history when Sam Bennett was dealt to the Florida Panthers on Monday. The 24-year-old forward and a sixth-round draft pick in 202...
Apr 12, 2021
Twins, Wolves, Wild postpone games following police shooting
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Twins, Wild and Timberwolves all postponed games scheduled for Monday because of safety concerns following the fatal police shooting of a Black man and the potential for un...
Apr 12, 2021