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Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart
MADRID - Spanish clubs resumed full squad training on Monday, beginning the final stage of preparations for the return to competition. Clubs will have just under two weeks of full sessions before the ...
Jun 01, 2020
Family says 'back and forth' between N.S. and Ottawa over shooting probe 'unreal'
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia family is making a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the "back and forth" over who leads a public inquiry into the p...
Jun 01, 2020
Easing restrictions and rage in the streets; In The News for June 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 1 ... --- COVID-...
Jun 01, 2020
Warkentin slams plan to suspend all regular House of Commons sittings until September
Our Member of Parliament is not a fan of a plan to suspend all regular sittings in the House of Commons until September.The plan, which was proposed last week by the governing Liberals and supported b...
Jun 01, 2020
Community groups filling gaps in translation of COVID-19 information
VANCOUVER - When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began sp...
Jun 01, 2020
Injured vets waiting twice as long as promised to learn if they qualify for aid
OTTAWA - Canadian veterans are being forced to wait on average twice as long as promised to find out whether they qualify for financial help from the government, even as the backlog of unprocessed app...
Jun 01, 2020
‘Makes no sense:’ Woman can’t fathom why husband, uncle slain on hunting trip
Sarah Sansom didn't think she had any reason to worry when her husband and his uncle ventured into the woods to go moose hunting.Jacob Sansom, 39, and Maurice Cardinal, 57, were found shot to death on...
May 31, 2020
MLS players agree to concessions to return to action at Orlando tournament
TORONTO - MLS players have approved taking part in a summer tournament in Orlando, agreeing to a "package of economic concessions" for the revamped 2020 season in the process. The 26-team le...
May 31, 2020
Police say assault where boy was hit in head with hammer appears unprovoked
WINNIPEG - Police say a Winnipeg teen will likely suffer life-altering injuries after being struck in the head with a hammer during an assault that investigators believe was unprovoked. Police say the...
May 31, 2020
Minnesota attorney general to assist in George Floyd case
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota prosecutor who charged a police officer with murder in the death of George Floyd said Sunday that he asked the state's attorney general to assist in the case. Hennepin Coun...
May 31, 2020