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Randy Rainbow memoir to be released in late 2021
NEW YORK - Randy Rainbow's first book is very much about Randy Rainbow. St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday that Rainbow's memoir "Playing With Myself" is scheduled for release late in 2021. The Em...
Jul 29, 2020
Manitoba First Nation takes first steps to get jurisdiction over children in care
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation has begun the process of creating its own child welfare system under controversial federal legislation that allows Indigenous groups to enact their own laws. Op...
Jul 29, 2020
Epstein's ex-girlfriend tries late bid to seal testimony
NEW YORK - A British socialite charged with recruiting three girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse made a last-minute bid Wednesday to stop the public release of her 2016 testimony in a civil ca...
Jul 29, 2020
Dodgers' Kelly suspended 8 games for buzzing, mocking Astros
HOUSTON - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after throwing a fastball near the head of Houston's Alex Bregman and mocking...
Jul 29, 2020
Alberta sees slight increase in active COVID-19 cases
After seeing a small decrease on Tuesday, Alberta is reporting a slight increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases across the province. The province is reporting 1,430 active cases as of Wednesda...
Jul 29, 2020
Former NHL coach Mike Babcock joins Vermont as adviser to coaching staff
Former NHL coach Mike Babcock is joining the University of Vermont's men's hockey program as an adviser to the coaching staff. The Catamounts said on their website that Babcock will be "a resource for...
Jul 29, 2020
Lee Anna Osei honouring brother through Black Canadian Coaches initiative
Lee Anna Osei's brother Samuel would have turned 31 on May 26 - the day after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking an American uprising. It was an...
Jul 29, 2020
Province updates emissions regulation
The provincial goernment says an expansion of eligibility in the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) regulation will result in fewer Alberta industries will pay the federal carbon tax...
Jul 29, 2020
Reports of child abuse, exploitation rising during pandemic
Officials with cybertip.ca are noting an 81 per cent increase since April in the number of reports from youth who have been sexually exploited, and reports of people trying to sexually abuse children....
Jul 29, 2020
Canada urged to avoid 'vaccine nationalism' in race for COVID-19 cure
OTTAWA - A top American health expert is praising Canada for not succumbing to "vaccine nationalism" because of its efforts to push for fair global distribution of a cure for the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jul 29, 2020