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Next ski generation emerges to take cross-country torch from Harvey, Kershaw
Remi Drolet's first World Cup cross-country ski races were Alex Harvey's last. As he chugged across Quebec City's Plains of Abraham, Drolet could hear race commentators hailing the swan song of the pr...
Mar 20, 2020

NHL legend Kris Versteeg helping families in need in Southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - He may be a two-time Stanley Cup Champion, but Kris Versteeg has not forgotten his Lethbridge roots.LNN talked with one of his long-time friends Mallory Kristjanson, who spoke on Vers...
Mar 20, 2020 Kris Versteeg hoisting the 2015 Stanley Cup. (Supplied by Second City Hockey)

Army closing recruit stations, moves to online recruiting
WASHINGTON - The top Army officer said Friday that all of the service's recruiting stations are now closing, as the military takes more dramatic steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Gen. Ja...
Mar 20, 2020

Indiana's May 5 primary postponed due to coronavirus threat
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's political leaders announced Friday that they agreed to push back the state primary by nearly a month, to June 2, and to allow all voters to cast mail-in ballots due to the cor...
Mar 20, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak has put kicker Hajrullahu's NFL aspirations on hold
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu to put his NFL aspirations on hold. Earlier this month, the former Hamilton Tiger-Cats kicker participated in a free-agent c...
Mar 20, 2020

Dire scenario for intensive care even if COVID-19 infection rate drops: study
A study by Toronto epidemiologists suggests that Canada's largest province could run out of intensive care beds and ventilators by late April, even assuming a sharp drop in the cur...
Mar 20, 2020

Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League has postponed the start of the 2020 season, with no replacement kickoff date as of yet. The Canadian pro league was set to start its second season on April 11. Th...
Mar 20, 2020

AP source: Falcons agree to 1-year deal with Todd Gurley
ATLANTA - Todd Gurley didn't wait long to find his new NFL home. The Atlanta Falcons didn't wait long to celebrate the deal. "WE GOT HIM," the Falcons exclaimed on their Twitter account early Friday, ...
Mar 20, 2020

Cuomo bans gatherings, nonessential workers to stay home
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict the ability of more than 19 million New York state residents to gather and socialize and to require worker...
Mar 20, 2020

Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000
SAN FRANCISCO - Superstar Plcido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps ope...
Mar 20, 2020