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Quebec should wait before allowing more Habs fans in arena experts say
MONTREAL - Public health experts say Quebec should wait until more people have received a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine before increasing the number of fans allowed to attend Montreal Canadiens home...
Jun 15, 2021
Dominant 15U AAA Braves go 4-0 on opening weekend
The Red Deer U15AAA Ernco Braves got off to a hot start to their 2021 season over the weekend with four straight wins.They started their weekend on Saturday with a 10-0 upset win over the Edmonton Pad...
Jun 15, 2021
Quebec should wait before allowing more Habs fans in arena experts say
MONTREAL - Public health experts say Quebec should wait until more people have received a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine before increasing the number of fans allowed to attend Montreal Canadiens home...
Jun 15, 2021
Queen's U staff, associates accused of falsely claiming Indigenous identity
Queen's University has become embroiled in an increasingly public dispute over whether some of its faculty and other associates are falsely holding themselves out to be Indigenous, thereby harming the...
Jun 15, 2021
June 14 temperature records set in Medicine Hat and region
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Environment Canada says two dozen daily temperature records were set in Alberta on Monday, including in Medicine Hat, Bow Island and Brooks.According to Environment Canada, the temp...
Jun 15, 2021
NY lifts more COVID-19 rules as it hits vaccination mark
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining so...
Jun 15, 2021
International women's rights advocates call on Canada to hold Pornhub to account
International women's rights advocates are calling on Canada to apply existing laws to hold tech giants like Pornhub to account in stopping the violence and exploitation of women. In a news conference...
Jun 15, 2021
Quebec invests nearly $100 million to combat sexual exploitation of minors
MONTREAL - Quebec is investing nearly $100 million over five years to fight the sexual exploitation of minors. Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault told reporters today $79.2 million will go to...
Jun 15, 2021
MLB threatens pitchers with 10-game bans for altering balls
NEW YORK (AP) - Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commis...
Jun 15, 2021
US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and ...
Jun 15, 2021