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Vancouver forward J.T. Miller hoping Canucks get to finish what they started
J.T. Miller hasn't thought twice about having the best statistical season of his career stopped in its tracks. The frustration of seeing the Vancouver Canucks' resurgent campaign put on ice is an...
Apr 01, 2020
Alberta reports 117 new COVID-19 cases as province clears testing backlog
Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday that COVID-19 cases in Alberta have jumped by 117 since Tuesday to a total of 871. Kenney says the increase - the largest single day jump in Alberta to date - ...
Apr 01, 2020
Buying time; Tokyo Games postponement a boon for injured Canadian athletes
When TJ Sanders isn't on the volleyball court running Canada's offence, he's often laying on his back with his feet on a chair courtside. Canada's starting setter has managed a painful back injur...
Apr 01, 2020
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment leaders take pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
TORONTO - Top Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment executives are taking pay cuts in the wake of COVID-19 shutting down the company's sports and entertainment business. A memo to MLSE ...
Apr 01, 2020
Dr. Hinshaw gives COVID-19 update for April 1
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.You can watch it l...
Apr 01, 2020
Scenarios for Indigenous COVID-19 response include calling in the army: Miller
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government is ready to call in the army to help First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities contend with COVID-19. Indigenous leaders f...
Apr 01, 2020
Town of Blackfalds announces layoffs amid COVID-19 pandemic
Another central Alberta municipality has had to make the difficult decision of laying-off staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.On Wednesday, the Town of Blackfalds announced temporary staff lay-offs due...
Apr 01, 2020
Red Deer Mounties investigating drug-related, targeted shooting
Red Deer RCMP are investigating what they believe to be a drug-related, targeted shooting in Riverside Meadows Sunday night.It happened around 5:00 p.m. on Mar.29, when police responded to a 9-1-1 cal...
Apr 01, 2020
Red Deer’s Garden Plot Program closed for 2020 due to pandemic
Red Deerians who make use of a city program to grow their own food won't be able to do so this year.The City of Red Deer has closed its Garden Plot Program for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City ...
Apr 01, 2020 (Photo: Jen Stange)
Ujiri would love to season salvaged, but global health should be focus right now
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri would love to see the remainder of the NBA season salvaged somehow. But the Toronto Raptors president said, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the sports world to...
Apr 01, 2020