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Increased border traffic likely as Canada, U.S. economies reopen: Freeland
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada and the U.S. are working on plans to deal with what she calls an inevitable increase in cross-border traffic as economies in both countries...
May 11, 2020
Northern Saskatchewan leaders want COVID checkpoint confusion sorted out
REGINA - Leaders in northwestern Saskatchewan are asking the province to clear up confusion about checkpoints that are restricting travel in the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. &nb...
May 11, 2020
After several delays, Canadian UFC bantamweight Sarah Moras ready to rumble
After being booked in January to fight American Sijara (Sarj) Eubanks, Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras has had to bide her time during the pandemic. That meant training in the garage an...
May 11, 2020
Riders' defensive end Jordan Reaves hopeful for a 2020 CFL regular season
Jordan Reaves can't stand the thought of a second straight year without football. The Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end missed the entire 2019 season after suffering a significant ...
May 11, 2020
Mounties seize sawed-off rifle, meth in Innisfail
A 38-year-old man faces charges after local Mounties seized a loaded firearm and some methamphetamine last week in Innisfail. On the morning of May 8, Sylvan Lake RCMP received a call from the Red Dee...
May 11, 2020
As U.S. reopening barrels along, 'invisible enemy' infiltrates White House
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's "invisible enemy" has made its way to the West Wing, where it threatens not only the health of people working inside the White House but the president's own post-pandemic r...
May 11, 2020
Annual species count going ahead May 30-31
With the current situation with COVID-19, the Red Deer River Naturalists are still going ahead with their May Species Count on May 30 and 31. Organizers say that since this activity does not involve p...
May 11, 2020
Indiana attorney general's law license suspended for groping
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill's law license will be suspended for 30 days over allegations that he drunkenly groped four women during a party, the state Supreme Court ruled Monda...
May 11, 2020
World has done a 180 in the year since Leonard's Game 7 buzzer-beater
TORONTO - Patrick Cassidy watched the game alone in his Boston home. The only light in his living room came from the glow of his TV. Growing up in Philadelphia, Cassidy was a lifelong Sixers fan. But&...
May 11, 2020
Retirees, isolated by virus, become DJs for new radio hour
NASHVILLE - Tucked away inside his room at a senior care facility, Bob Coleman knew he couldn't go out into the world with the coronavirus raging. But he could share with the world his first love - co...
May 11, 2020