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Broadcasters warn of possible radio and television closures across Canada
OTTAWA - Private radio and television broadcasters are sounding the alarm about the state of their industry. The industry says the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to the closure of dozens o...
Aug 26, 2020
United Way of Central Alberta launches annual fundraising campaign with Drive-In event
Officials with United Way of Central Alberta have announced plans to kick-off their annual fundraising campaign.With no large luncheon able to be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials...
Aug 26, 2020
US officials: No signs of foreign targeting of mail-in vote
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said Wednesday there has been no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting and no signs of any co-ordinated effort to commit wi...
Aug 26, 2020
CFL hall of famer Tommy Joe Coffey dies at age 83
HAMILTON - Seven-time CFL all-star Tommy Joe Coffey has died, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have confirmed. Coffey was 83. Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1977, Coffey played in the CFL ...
Aug 26, 2020
John Lennon's killer denied parole for an 11th time
ALBANY, N.Y. - The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Mark David Chapman was denied...
Aug 26, 2020
DOJ seeks data about COVID nursing home deaths from 4 states
The Justice Department is seeking data about "orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents," sending letters Wednesday to the governors of New York, New ...
Aug 26, 2020
Canadiens coach Julien says he is feeling '100 per cent' after heart procedure
Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien says he is feeling "100 per cent" after undergoing a heart procedure during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Julien had a stent installed in a coronary artery Aug....
Aug 26, 2020
Agri-Trade Equipment Expo returning in November
One of the biggest agricultural equipment shows in Canada is set to return to Red Deer's Westerner Park this fall.Officials with Agri-Trade Equipment Expo have announced the show will go ahead from No...
Aug 26, 2020
No grounds to charge officers in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet:SIU
TORONTO - Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death while trying to sidestep onto a neighbour's balcony, according to a report released Wednesday by Ontario's police watchdog, which concludes there ar...
Aug 26, 2020
Suspect arrested after 2 are killed at Kenosha protest
KENOSHA, Wis. - Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death in a possible vigilante attack during a protest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Ja...
Aug 26, 2020