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Super League eyes possible August return, Wolfpack may not be home until October
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack could be back in action in mid-August under a tentative Super League return-to-play plan. But, barring the removal of travel and other restrictions, the transatlant...
May 21, 2020
CERB-like mechanism could help country respond to future economic shocks: Poloz
OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker says adding an income-support measure like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to the government's tool kit could help the country ...
May 21, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court to rule in Huawei executive's extradition case on Wednesday
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court will release a key decision next week in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The court says Justice Heather Holmes...
May 21, 2020
Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta providing $545,000 to local charities
The Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta will be providing $545,000 to help support local charities in the community that are responding to COVID-19. The $545,000 comes from the Government of ...
May 21, 2020
Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas. Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in it...
May 21, 2020
Twenty-eight soldiers test positive for COVID-19 after working in care homes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says 28 military members have tested positive for COVID-19 after being deployed to help at long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec. That represents a dramati...
May 21, 2020
Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas.Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in its...
May 21, 2020
Film: 'Roe' plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act
WASHINGTON - Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as "Jane Roe," her story was at the centre of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was...
May 21, 2020
Marcel Bellefeuille returns to University of Ottawa as head football coach
OTTAWA - Marcel Bellefeuille is back as the University of Ottawa's head football coach. The school announced Bellefeuille's return Thursday. Bellefeuille served as the school's head coa...
May 21, 2020
Canada rugby calendar still up in the air because of pandemic restrictions
TORONTO - With July internationals already called off due to the global pandemic and the likely cancellation of the Americas Rugby Championship later this summer, Canada's top rugby players may n...
May 21, 2020