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Coach/GM Stephen Hart signs contract extension with CPL's HFX Wanderers FC
HALIFAX - Head coach/GM Stephen Hart has signed a three-year contract extension with the Canadian Premier League's HFX Wanderers FC.Hart, 60, is entering his third season with the franchise. The forme...
Mar 03, 2021
Lawmakers can't cite local examples of trans girls in sports
Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls' sports teams in public high schools. Yet in almost every case, sponsors can...
Mar 03, 2021
Pandemic puts 1 in 3 nonprofits in financial jeopardy
NEW YORK - More than one-third of U.S. nonprofits are in jeopardy of closing within two years because of the financial harm inflicted by the viral pandemic, according to a study being released Wednesd...
Mar 03, 2021
Palace to investigate after Meghan accused of bullying staff
LONDON - Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a former aide had made a bullying allegation against the Duchess of Sussex. The Times of Lon...
Mar 03, 2021
Red Deer's outdoor rinks closing for season Friday
It's the last lap for Red Deer's outdoor rinks as they are set to close for the season due to spring-like temperatures.On Friday, March 5 all outdoor rinks and the Ice Oval at Setters Place will close...
Mar 03, 2021
Man accused of QAnon vandalism at 'America's Stonehenge'
SALEM, N.H. - Police have made an arrest following a 15-month-long investigation into vandalism at a group of rock configurations in New Hampshire called "America's Stonehenge." Mark Russo, 51, of Swe...
Mar 03, 2021
Swedish police: Man injures at least 8 before being arrested
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said a man assaulted at least eight people in a southern Sweden town Wednesday, and that the case was being investigated as "attempted murder." Police said a man in his 20s ...
Mar 03, 2021
Yankees manager Aaron Boone taking leave to get pacemaker
NEW YORK - Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days. New York said the procedure was likely to be performed...
Mar 03, 2021
Some Olymel workers return to closed plant for sanitation training
Some workers at the Olymel pork plant in Red Deer returned to work on Wednesday, though a date for the facility to resume full operations has not yet been set. Company spokesperson Richard Vigneault s...
Mar 03, 2021
Public Health Agency of Canada budgets $5B for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada expects to spend up to $5 billion on vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments. Procurement Minister Anita Anand previously said vaccines alone would cost at l...
Mar 03, 2021