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CP NewsAlert: Raptors game postponed, but NBA plans to resume playoffs: AP source
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors' playoff game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night has been postponed in the aftermath of a weekend police shooting in Wisconsin, but the NBA says ...
Aug 27, 2020
AHS issues blue-green algae bloom advisory for Haunted Lake
Officials with Alberta Health Services (AHS) say a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom has been identified in areas of Haunted Lake near Alix. Residents living near the shores of this lake, as well...
Aug 27, 2020
Canada's Woods expects 2020 version of Tour de France to be mentally draining
Delayed due to the global pandemic but still taking place under the spectre of COVID-19, this year's Tour de France promises to be like no other. The 21-stage, 3,484-kilometre race starts Saturda...
Aug 27, 2020
Hockey Diversity Alliance asks NHL to suspend Thursday's playoff games
A group advocating for diversity in hockey is calling for the NHL to suspend Thursday's playoff games in the aftermath of a police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last wee...
Aug 27, 2020
Democrats deploy Harris in hopes of upstaging Trump's convention finale
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will close out his party's national convention tonight by basking in the Republican limelight - but one of his Democrat rivals hopes to spoil the celebration. Sen. Kamala Har...
Aug 27, 2020
Canadian players avoid seeded opponents in first round of the US Open
NEW YORK - Three of five Canadians are seeded and the two others won't face seeded players in the opening round of the U.S. Open next week. The draw was unveiled Thursday. The tournament is scheduled ...
Aug 27, 2020
Bill Blair says prison segregation oversight panel will get the data it needs
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is stepping in to ensure an advisory panel tasked with overseeing the segregation of federal inmates will get the data it needs to do its job. Anth...
Aug 27, 2020
Indigenous-led alert system for N.S. Mi'kmaq communities ready to roll out
CAPE BRETON, N.S. - A new alert system that will issue emergency messages to residents in five Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq communities is the first of its kind among Indigenous people...
Aug 27, 2020
COVID-19, oil price crash have devastating impact on Alberta's finances
COVID-19 and the recent collapse in oil prices are being blamed for what is described as a historic deficit in Alberta.On Thursday, the government released its first quarter report for 2020-21, and it...
Aug 27, 2020
COVID-19 taking financial toll on Canadians with disabilities: survey
A Statistics Canada report suggests that more than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial imp...
Aug 27, 2020