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OF Springer expected to miss more than 10 days, Jays GM says
TORONTO - Blue Jays outfielder George Springer is not expected to be ready to return to Toronto's lineup when his latest stint on the 10-day injured list ends May 13, general manager Ross Atkins said ...
May 06, 2021
No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order
MONTREAL - Quebec's public prosecutions bureau says it hasn't issued tickets or filed criminal charges for violations of the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine...
May 06, 2021
Police: Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed injured in blast
MALE, Maldives - Maldives' first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital ...
May 06, 2021
STAR Catholic School Division not piloting K-6 draft curriculum next school year
STAR Catholic School Division is the latest Alberta school board to announce that it will not be piloting the Alberta government's draft K-6 curriculum next year.The Division said in a news release on...
May 06, 2021
Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...
May 06, 2021
Red Deer PCN Women's Aloha Fun Run still a go this weekend
Central Albertans have the chance this weekend to celebrate women and families during the 10th and final Women's Fun Run, presented by the Red Deer Primary Care Network and in support of the Mustard S...
May 06, 2021
Shooting at Idaho middle school injures 3; student captured
BOISE, Idaho - A shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school Thursday injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody, authorities said. The victims' injuries were ...
May 06, 2021
Coroner role after strep-throat death of Indigenous child before Ontario's top court
TORONTO - The failure of a coroner to fully investigate the death of a four-year-old Indigenous boy was part of a systemic dereliction of duty that ought to face legal scrutiny, Ontario's top court he...
May 06, 2021
NACI chair says advice not meant to give AstraZeneca recipients vaccine remorse
OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...
May 06, 2021
Drayton Valley Thunder's Mason Marcellus named AJHL Rookie of the Week for second straight week
The Drayton Valley Thunder's Mason Marcellus has been named the Alberta Junior Hockey League's (AJHL) Rookie of the Week for a second consecutive week. This is also the third time Marcellus has receiv...
May 06, 2021