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New Brunswick election: six party leaders to take part in televised debate
FREDERICTON - The leaders of New Brunswick's six political parties are preparing for a debate tonight that will be broadcast live from Fredericton. The debate will be carried by Rogers Cable...
Sep 03, 2020
Canada trails other rich countries in caring for kids: reports
A pair of newly released reports collectively argue Canada was failing to provide healthy, safe childhoods prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, setting kids up to be hit particularly hard by the global out...
Sep 03, 2020
Makar, Hutchinson help Avalanche force Game 7 against Stars
EDMONTON - The biggest boost for the Colorado Avalanche in must-win game after must-win game comes from an unlikely source - their third-string goaltender. Michael Hutchinson stopped 27 shots and the ...
Sep 02, 2020
Canada condemns poisoning of Putin critic in Russia, Champagne says
OTTAWA - Canada's minister of foreign affairs says he is deeply troubled by reports from German experts who have concluded that a Russian political opposition figure was poisoned with the same type of...
Sep 02, 2020
Gurriel homers to lead Blue Jays past Marlins 2-1
MIAMI - Lourdes Gurriel homered and Hyun Jin Ryu pitched six solid innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. After Miami's Sixto Sanchez got through...
Sep 02, 2020
Tom Seaver, heart and mighty arm of Miracle Mets, dies at 75
NEW YORK - Tom Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team and a pitcher who personified the rise of expansion teams during an era of radical change for baseball, has die...
Sep 02, 2020
Tom Seaver, heart and mighty arm of Miracle Mets, dies at 75
NEW YORK - Tom Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team and a pitcher who personified the rise of expansion teams during an era of radical change for baseball, has die...
Sep 02, 2020
COVID-19 restrictions strip Whistler of 2021 world luge championship
WHISTLER, B.C. - The 2021 world luge championship will not be held in Whistler, B.C., because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The championship scheduled for Feb. 5-7 was cancelled by the Internati...
Sep 02, 2020
United plans to furlough 16,000 workers, fewer than expected
United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to furlough 16,370 employees in October, a smaller number than the airline predicted in July because thousands of workers agreed to leave with the travel indust...
Sep 02, 2020
The Lending Cupboard still meeting community needs despite pandemic
Despite lingering health concerns, The Lending Cupboard in Red Deer has managed to maintain its commitment to the community of lending out much-needed medical equipment and supplies during the COVID-1...
Sep 02, 2020