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NBA 2K League to start third season May 5 with at least six weeks of remote play
The NBA 2K League's third season, whose original March 24 tipoff was delayed by the global pandemic, will start May 5. The esports campaign will open with at least six weeks of remote game play, the l...
Apr 27, 2020
End of the line for former Red Deer landmark
Curious onlookers gathered near the site of a long time Red Deer landmark on Monday to witness its demolition. Located on the southeast corner of Gaetz Avenue and 32 Street, the former Northwest Motor...
Apr 27, 2020 Demolition of the former Northwest Motors dealership at Gaetz Avenue and 32 Street began Monday. The site will become home to a gas bar operated by Central Alberta Co-op. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Fake injury, glitches: Madrid Open tennis tries COVID gaming
So here's a dose of realism - or surrealism - for the first video game tournament of the coronavirus pandemic involving professional tennis players: A match supposedly was postponed Monday because of ...
Apr 27, 2020
Conservatives eager to push Liberals on COVID-19 response as Commons resumes
OTTAWA - The House of Commons is set to reconvene Tuesday in virtual form with opposition MPs eager to press the minority Liberal government on its COVID-19 response. Conservative Leader Andrew S...
Apr 27, 2020
Participating in Tackle Hunger program has meaning for Argos' lineman Campbell
TORONTO - The Purolator Tackle Hunger program is one that's near and dear to Jamal Campbell's heart. Growing up, the hulking Toronto Argonauts offensive lineman's family sometimes had to go to&nb...
Apr 27, 2020
Whitecaps' sale of face masks to boost Vancouver Aquarium going gangbusters
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps had sold more than 57,000 masks as of Monday morning with all net proceeds going to help the financially troubled Vancouver Aquarium. The MLS team sa...
Apr 27, 2020
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