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NHL/NHLPA announce tentative agreements on return-to-play protocol, new CBA
The NHL and NHL Players' Association have taken a massive step towards resuming the pandemic-hit 2019-20 season later this summer - and securing labour peace for the foreseeable future....
Jul 06, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 06, 2020
Manitoba's public health officer sees merit of Winnipeg CFL hub idea
WINNIPEG - The CFL still hasn't approached the Manitoba government about Winnipeg being a hub city for a potential 2020 season, but the province's chief public health officer thinks the plan coul...
Jul 06, 2020
No change in Grande Prairie area COVID-19 cases over weekend
The province of Alberta added 130 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, while there was no change to case totals here in the Grande Prairie area over that time frame.The update is the first since Fr...
Jul 06, 2020
Small business aid went beyond hard-hit companies, data show
WASHINGTON - The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money from a federal program that probably softened job losses from the c...
Jul 06, 2020
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Wallace over flag and noose
WASHINGTON - NASCAR's layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the racing organization for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the spor...
Jul 06, 2020
Spurs captain Lloris confronts Son during 1-0 win vs Everton
LONDON - Tottenham duo Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-min had to be separated by teammates during a confrontation at halftime of a 1-0 victory over Everton in the English Premier League on Monday. As the s...
Jul 06, 2020
Pandemic slows disclosure of information to defence lawyers in RCMP secrets case
OTTAWA - A federal prosecutor says the disclosure of evidence to defence lawyers has "slowed significantly" in the case of Cameron Jay Ortis, an RCMP member charged with revealing secrets. Crown ...
Jul 06, 2020
New admissions barred at Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton amid growing COVID-19 outbreak
EDMONTON - A hospital in west Edmonton is tightening restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to increase at the facility.An outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital was first declared by Albert...
Jul 06, 2020
Overdose deaths increase by 93 per cent among B.C.'s First Nations
VANCOUVER - The First Nations Health Authority says 89 members of its community fatally overdosed from illicit drugs across British Columbia between January and May, an increase of 93 p...
Jul 06, 2020