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Several people rescued on Red Deer River Saturday afternoon
Red Deer Emergency Services is issuing a stern warning about river safety after multiple distress calls from people floating down the Red Deer River.Deputy Chief Chris Kearns says the first call came ...
Jul 11, 2020
Raptors' first practice in four months had a "first day of school" feeling
Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla., for the past two weeks, but limited...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by ...
Jul 11, 2020
Raptors' first practice in four months had a "first day of school" feeling
Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla., for the past two weeks, but limited...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by ...
Jul 11, 2020
Montoyo hopes Blue Jays can call Toronto home during shortened MLB season
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo knows where he'd like the team to play its home games this season: the friendly confines of Toronto's Rogers Centre. Montoyo was asked on Saturday...
Jul 11, 2020
Rowdy Tellez unfazed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s move to first base for Blue Jays
TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez doesn't think much is going to change for him on the Toronto Blue Jays, even as he is being asked by the team to share first-base duties with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Blue Jays...
Jul 11, 2020
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA chief Don Fehr reflect on RTP, CBA deals
After months of negotiations, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players' Association executive director Don Fehr finally had a chance to breathe Saturday. Both men also acknowledged there's still ...
Jul 11, 2020
NHL's Canadian hubs offer little economic benefit, but morale boost is valuable: experts
TORONTO - A plan to operate NHL game hubs in Edmonton and Toronto could draw hundreds of hockey players and staff to both Canadian cities, but business experts say their presence won't give ...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Asso...
Jul 11, 2020