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Major League Soccer players boycott training in apparent labour impasse
Toronto FC, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecap players boycotted training Monday in an apparent labour impasse between the MLS and the MLS Players Association. It appears players in "multiple mark...
Jun 1, 2020

Raptors guard VanVleet says people 'fed up' with racism and discrimination
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet says people in the United States are reaching a boiling point after hundreds of years of racism. The Toronto Raptors guard was asked Monday what he thought of the protests happ...
Jun 1, 2020

Beijing could bar exit of dual Canadians from Hong Kong amid protests: lawyer
OTTAWA - A Canadian legal activist is warning the federal government to grant asylum and expanded refugee settlement to Hong Kong Canadians before China cracks down and prevents their departure a...
Jun 1, 2020

UFC boss says light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones will determine his own future
UFC president Dana White says it's up to light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones whether he wants to walk away from the sport. Jones, rated the top pound-for-pound fighter on the UFC roster,...
Jun 1, 2020

Met Opera cuts season by 3 1/2 months, to shorten some shows
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera season is getting shorter, along with some of its shows. The Met said Monday it is pushing back opening night by nearly 3 1/2 months to the latest start in the compan...
Jun 1, 2020

Most federal candidates saw false information as problem, survey suggests
OTTAWA - A newly released survey report suggests nearly two-thirds of candidates in the last federal election felt there was a problem with the spread of false information online. The survey, conducte...
Jun 1, 2020

Report into federal election leaders' debates suggests permanent commission
OTTAWA - The official review of the leaders' debates from the last federal election suggests the organizing body be made permanent, but who gets to participate needs some tweaking. The report of ...
Jun 1, 2020

Climate change behind increases in extreme rain danger: scientists
The rains soaked southern Alberta for days, unrelenting, saturating soil already sodden with melting snow - and before long Calgary was awash as rivers overflowed their banks. The province d...
Jun 1, 2020

Playgrounds in Grande Prairie area re-open for first time since March
For the first time since March, playgrounds across the Grande Prairie area are open for public use.Playgrounds across the region were closed and taped off back in March to help prevent any potential s...
Jun 1, 2020

Grande Prairie residents now able to report certain crimes online
The Grande Prairie RCMP detachment will now be part of the first phase of an online crime reporting pilot project with the Alberta RCMP. Residents can now report select crimes online, and the RCMP say...
Jun 1, 2020