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Toronto Wolfpack hooker Andy Ackers moonlights as barber away from rugby league
Andy Ackers the Toronto Wolfpack hooker is now Andy the barber. With rugby league on hiatus due to COVID-19, the 26-year-old English forward has finished a college course and been certified as a ...
Apr 07, 2020
Montreal-based Canadian Grand Prix postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
The Canadian Grand Prix has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal-based Formula One race was scheduled to take place June 12-14. Race organizers said in a statement that they were ...
Apr 07, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed more than 340. Here are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives: Wade Kidd WINNIPEG - Wade Kidd ha...
Apr 07, 2020
N.W.T. releases some prisoners, reduces remand over concerns about COVID-19
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says it has released a small number of prisoners over concerns about the possible spread of COVID-19 in territorial jails. Justice Minister Caroline Wawzonek ou...
Apr 07, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave in medically-induced coma
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has been placed in a medically-induced coma after suffering a brain bleed. The Oilers said on their Twitter account that the brain bleed happened overnight and that ...
Apr 07, 2020
Premier Kenney predicts 25 per cent unemployment in Alberta due to COVID-19
Premier Jason Kenney has a grim prediction for workers in his province. He says there may well be 25 per cent unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Kenney has told an energy industry confe...
Apr 07, 2020
Visitors barred for continuing care centres across Alberta
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, has ordered a ban on all visitors to all long term-care centres, licensed group homes and other facilities, as they continue to try and li...
Apr 07, 2020 Facilities like the Grande Prairie Care Centre will be restricted from in-person visitors for the time being (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Lufthansa retires big jets, says rebound could take years
FRANKFURT - German airline group Lufthansa said it was permanently removing some of its large aircraft from service and reducing capacity for the long term, saying it will take years for demand for ai...
Apr 07, 2020
Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline
BILLINGS, Mont. - A Canadian company said Monday that it's started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and ...
Apr 07, 2020
Court find ex-Ecuador president guilty of corruption
QUITO, Ecuador - An Ecuadorian court found former President Rafael Correa guilty of corruption Tuesday and sentenced him to eight years in prison, further sullying the legacy of one of the nation's mo...
Apr 07, 2020