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AP source: Bulls hiring 76ers' Eversley as general manager
CHICAGO - The Chicago Bulls have hired Philadelphia 76ers executive Marc Eversley to replace the fired Gar Forman as general manager and work under new top basketball executive Arturas Karnisovas, a p...
Apr 27, 2020
Researchers scramble to inform doctors of COVID-19 risk to LGBTQ
OTTAWA - A group of researchers at the University of Toronto are rapidly trying to educate health-care workers about the barriers LGBTQ people face to accessing care during the COVID-19 crisis. T...
Apr 27, 2020
RCMP arrest 13 in Wetaskiwin, lay drug and firearm-related charges
Thirteen people were arrested last week after RCMP raided a residence in Wetaskiwin.Maskwacis RCMP, with assistance from members at Wetaskiwin detachment, executed a search warrant on April 23, and ar...
Apr 27, 2020
Relatives, legal experts say N.S. should begin work on inquiry into mass killing
HALIFAX - Nova Scotians struggling with the devastating aftermath of a mass shooting are looking for a firm commitment from the province's leaders to set up a public inquiry to help answer a...
Apr 27, 2020
Former Humboldt Bronco Graysen Cameron to play for Northland College
ASHLAND, Wis. - Graysen Cameron, who broke his back in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash two years ago, has committed to play NCAA hockey for Northland College in Wisconsin. The 20-year-old from Old...
Apr 27, 2020
Ottawa helping guide, but not dictating, provincial reopening plans: Trudeau
With Canada's two most populous provinces poised to outline plans for a gradual return to normalcy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Ottawa will help guide, but not dictate, how pro...
Apr 27, 2020
Questions swirl as Fed meets amid deepening economic crisis
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has largely calmed turbulent financial markets. Yet a far tougher task remains: Helping rescue an economy and job market that appear to be free-falling into the worst ...
Apr 27, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:55 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is working with provinces on developing national gui...
Apr 27, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:26 a.m. on April 27, 2020: There are 47,346 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 24,107 confirmed (inc...
Apr 27, 2020
Fatal MVC northwest of Rimbey on Sunday afternoon
A 37-year-old man has died after a crash 20 minutes northwest of Rimbey.RCMP responded just before 4 p.m. on Sunday to a collision near the intersection of Highway 607 and Range Road 33. The collision...
Apr 27, 2020