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COVID-19 controls tightened as cases rise and possible second wave looms
VICTORIA - The looming prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall has governments cautiously monitoring daily infection rates as economies restart and students return to school. A&...
Sep 15, 2020

Stars on to Stanley Cup Final after 3-2 OT win over Vegas
EDMONTON - Denis Gurianov scored on a one-timer during a power play 3:36 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Monday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for t...
Sep 14, 2020

Face covering bylaw voted down by County of Grande Prairie Council
County of Grande Prairie Council voted down a potential mandatory face-covering bylaw at Monday's meeting.Instead of having a bylaw like the City of Grande Prairie implemented, the County decided to m...
Sep 14, 2020

The latest on the New Brunswick provincial election
FREDERICTON - Here is the latest news on the New Brunswick election. All times local. --- 8:00 p.m. Almost all polls have closed in the New Brunswick election. Technical glitches at some polling ...
Sep 14, 2020

Green Party demands Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on access
MADISON, Wis. - The Green Party's candidates for president and vice-president are demanding that the Wisconsin Supreme Court rule Monday that they be placed on the state's ballot. The state's highest ...
Sep 14, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 14
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:10 p.m. EDT on Sept. 14, 2020: There are 138,010 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 65,262 confirmed (including 5,780 deaths, 57,428 ...
Sep 14, 2020

Life after the bubble: CJ McCollum releases his first wine
PORTLAND, Ore. - Always a wine connoisseur, CJ McCollum is now a wine maker, too. The Portland Trail Blazers guard has a signature wine coming out Tuesday, and apropos of Oregon, it's a pinot noir. Mc...
Sep 14, 2020

T.I. settles federal claim he pushed bogus cryptocurrency
ATLANTA - Rapper and actor T.I. has settled civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he helped promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris,...
Sep 14, 2020

Grande Prairie adds two new COVID-19 cases over the weekend as Alberta adds 418
The Province of Alberta confirmed 418 new cases of COVID-19 from September 11 to September 13. There are now 1,538 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Grande Prairie added two new cases over the...
Sep 14, 2020

Activists urge Trudeau government to act on disappearances in Sri Lanka
OTTAWA - A group of Tamil Canadians is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to bring in a parliamentary motion that would remove sovereign immunity as a defence for international crimes. Amnesty ...
Sep 14, 2020