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UK government keen on EPL resuming in June, with conditions
MANCHESTER, England - The Premier League received government backing on Thursday to resume next month - if games become more accessible to fans shut out of stadiums and the world's richest soccer comp...
May 14, 2020
Premier Francois Legault says Montreal not ready to reopen schools, businesses
MONTREAL - With the COVID-19 situation in Montreal still very fragile, the Quebec government said Thursday that elementary schools in the greater Montreal area will remain closed until late August. Pr...
May 14, 2020
Ontario stage one reopening includes stores, surgeries, tennis, dog grooming
TORONTO - Ontarians will be able to go shopping, play golf or tennis, and get their dogs groomed - but not visit family - starting next week as stage one of the province's reopening kicks in, Premier ...
May 14, 2020
Beckett Cypher, 21-year-old son of Melissa Etheridge, dies
LOS ANGELES - Melissa Etheridge said Wednesday that her son Beckett Cypher has died. Etheridge released a statement saying opioid addiction was behind Cypher's death. "Today I joined the hundreds of t...
May 14, 2020
Reassurances emerge after second oilsands mine work camp outbreak
CALGARY - Observers say the second outbreak of COVID-19 at an oilsands mine work camp in northern Alberta is concerning but the industry is dealing with the risk in an appropriate way.Oilsands analyst...
May 14, 2020
Rare baby owl now being reared by its parents in unique B.C. breeding program
LANGLEY, B.C. - Members of a unique program in Langley, B.C., are celebrating the successful hatching of a northern spotted owl chick, bolstering a population that numbers fewer than 10 of the bi...
May 14, 2020
Storm VP provides outlook on 2020-21 AJHL season amid COVID-19
With COVID-19 throwing a wrench into everyone's future plans, Vice President of the Grande Prairie Storm Chris Millsap says right now there are no plans for the league to cancel the upcoming AJHL seas...
May 14, 2020
Kashechewan residents return from the land as flooding risk is downgraded
OTTAWA - Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario plagued by annual spring flooding are being flown back to their community now that the threat of flooding has been downgraded. About 1,200 peop...
May 14, 2020
Toronto Zoo pivots to 'drive-thru experience' as safe alternative in COVID era
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo will be a "drive-thru experience" when it gets the green light to open its gates to visitors, a spokeswoman said Thursday, while other zoos eye numerous options as they ...
May 14, 2020
Dark stain: Minister says Indigenous ceremonies to continue despite COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's Indigenous services minister says banning sacred ceremonies is a "dark stain" on the country's history and they will be allowed to continue despite restrictions put in place due...
May 14, 2020