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Alberta Métis Fest going ahead with virtual celebration June 13
Edmonton - The Mtis Nation of Alberta's hugely popular Alberta Mtis Fest will go ahead this year, virtually. On June 13th, Alberta Mtis Fest will stream live, connecting viewers from all over Alberta,...
Jun 03, 2020
Cannes announces lineup for a festival cancelled by COVID
From an empty movie theatre in Paris, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday announced the films that would have played at there in May had it not been cancelled by the pandemic. The sele...
Jun 03, 2020
25,000 PPE kits going out to Alberta truckers
A team of industry partners, sponsors and volunteers is gathering at the Calgary Stampede grounds today (Wed.) to assemble 25,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for truck drivers. The Albert...
Jun 03, 2020
AP source: MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counter
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a co...
Jun 03, 2020
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin retires from national hockey team
CALGARY - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin has announced her retirement from the Canadian women's hockey team. The 31-year-old forward from Thunder Bay, Ont., won Olympic gold in 2010 and 2...
Jun 03, 2020
Fed approves expansion of state and local support program
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has approved an expansion of its $500 billion emergency program to support state and local governments. The expansion will allow all states to have at least two cities...
Jun 03, 2020
Meng hearing schedule to expand; lawyers ask for 'referee' in case
VANCOUVER - Legal arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou may stretch into next year. Crown lawyer Robert Frater told the court...
Jun 03, 2020
Pilgrim’s Pride CEO among indicted for chicken price fixing
The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in Color...
Jun 03, 2020
Subban donates US$50K to charity for George Floyd's daughter, says NHL matched
New Jersey Devils defenceman P.K. Subban says he's donated US$50,000 to a GoFundMe page set up for George Floyd's daughter, and that the NHL has matched the pledge. Subban announced the donation in a ...
Jun 03, 2020
More Arctic politicians join call for RCMP to wear body cameras in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The mayor of Iqaluit is joining other Arctic leaders calling for RCMP members in Nunavut to wear body cameras. Kenny Bell says in a release that cameras would make law enforcem...
Jun 03, 2020