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Blue Jays first baseman Tellez likely to go injured list with knee strain
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says first baseman Rowdy Tellez will likely go on the 10-day injured list after an MRI exam revealed a right knee strain. Tellez was repl...
Sep 09, 2020
WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving
OTTAWA - WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-voluntee...
Sep 09, 2020
Province seeks private partner to build Blackfalds high school
The Alberta government is inviting industry to submit qualifications to deliver a new high school (Gr. 9-12) in Blackfalds, along with four others throughout the province, through a public-private par...
Sep 09, 2020
How NHL consolidated from 2 bubbles to 1 to finish playoffs
EDMONTON - When the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL's Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew wes...
Sep 09, 2020
Kenney says Alberta won't 'micromanage' businesses as COVID-19 infections climb
ENOCH, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a recent rise in active COVID-19 cases in the province is concerning but government micromanaging isn't the answer to curbing the spread.Kenney says Al...
Sep 09, 2020
B.C.'s fall pandemic response plan includes more testing, tracing and flu shots
VICTORIA - British Columbia's fall and winter pandemic battle plan involves ramping up COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and a campaign to administer almost two million flu shots. Health Ministry...
Sep 09, 2020
N.S. Tories say justice minister in conflict of interest in mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting...
Sep 09, 2020
Potential Wolfpack owner Carlo LiVolsi says he will take care of players
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack are currently a team without a league, an insolvent rugby league franchise whose missed payroll totals some 500,000 pounds ($854,620). But where others see a sporti...
Sep 09, 2020
Steve Nash eager to get started on new career as Nets coach
NEW YORK - Steve Nash was a leader, a guy who loved to get the best out of his teammates on the court and build relationships with them off it. Those qualities helped the Canadian become a Hall of Fam...
Sep 09, 2020
ALUS Red Deer County receives funding to help manage sensitive land
ALUS Red Deer County will tackle riparian health and manage sensitive marginal land with help from new funding from ALUS Canada's New Acre Project. ALUS Canada announced a new, $100,000 New Acre Proje...
Sep 09, 2020