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County, Regional Enforcement Services launch Christmas Diaper Drive
The County of Grande Prairie and its Regional Enforcement Services team are collecting disposable diapers, baby supplies and cash donations for residents in need this holiday season.Starting on Novemb...
Nov 25, 2020
Canadian Championship final between Forge FC and Toronto FC moved to 2021
The 2020 Canadian Championship final between Forge FC and Toronto FC will be played in the first quarter of 2021, Canada Soccer announced Wednesday. The organization said in a release the final ...
Nov 25, 2020
All officials for world junior hockey championship in Edmonton from Canada only
EDMONTON - All 26 on-ice officials at the world junior men's hockey championships in Edmonton will be from Canada. International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments normally have an international cross ...
Nov 25, 2020
Davie ship part of Navy's long-term plan to prevent 'capability gap': Documents
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy plans to continue relying on a converted civilian container ship owned by a Quebec shipyard for supplies at sea even after two new support vessels are built. The revel...
Nov 25, 2020
Five people dying every day from toxic illicit drugs in B.C.: Coroner
VICTORIA - The B.C. Coroners Service says its latest data on illicit drug deaths show an average of five people are dying every day in the province. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says 162 people died la...
Nov 25, 2020
Trump administration denies permit for divisive Alaska mine
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Trump administration on Wednesday denied a permit for a controversial gold and copper mine near the headwaters of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in southwest Alaska...
Nov 25, 2020
Canada's men's basketball team pulls out of two games this month due to COVID-19
Canada's men's basketball team won't play in two FIBA AmeriCup 2021 qualifying games later this month due to concerns around COVID-19. Canada was scheduled to play Cuba on Nov. 29 and the US Virgin Is...
Nov 25, 2020
Hearing for judge accused of perjury over Black federation role set for December
TORONTO - A judge accused of lying about his involvement in a Black activist organization will face a disciplinary hearing starting next month, the Ontario Judicial Council has announced. The four-per...
Nov 25, 2020
The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever
NEW YORK - "No New 'Movies' Till Influenza Ends" blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pande...
Nov 25, 2020
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the "Hand of God" goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine u...
Nov 25, 2020