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Baseball for brunch: New Sunday morning games on Peacock
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball and NBC agreed to a new Sunday morning package of broadcast streams that will start at 11:30 a.m. and noon EDT. The deal that requires all other big league games ...
Apr 06, 2022
South Zone sees six COVID deaths, 422 cases over the last week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19.The numbers reported in this update reflect data from March 29 to April 4, 2022.A total of 5,549 cases were confirmed ac...
Apr 06, 2022
Review critical of arrest of Indigenous man and granddaughter in opening bank account
VANCOUVER - A retired judge who led a disciplinary hearing against two police officers has found they "demonstrated serious, blameworthy conduct" when they "recklessly" arrested an Indigenous man and ...
Apr 06, 2022
Texas orders new border action, migrant bus charters to DC
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers on Wednesday to begin stopping and inspecting commercial vehicles coming across the U.S-Mexico border and said bus charters would be of...
Apr 06, 2022
Canada's Conners hopes to build on top 10 finishes over past two years at Masters
Corey Conners has been in contention at the Masters the past two years. This week, he's ready to finally don the green jacket. Conners, from Listowel, Ont., is one of three Canadians competing at Augu...
Apr 06, 2022
One of Canada's original six astronauts and Space Shuttle vet dies
One of Canada's first astronauts has died. The Canadian Space Agency is confirming Bjarni Tryggvason, who was part of Canada's original six space voyageurs, died at the age of 76. Born in Reykjavik, I...
Apr 06, 2022
Southern Alberta lawyers honoured with Queen's Counsel appointments
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four people in the region are being recognized for their work in the legal community.The Alberta Government is honouring 144 lawyers from across the province with the title of Queen's...
Apr 06, 2022
3rd day ends with no verdict yet in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A jury in Michigan still has no verdict to deliver after three days of deliberations in a trial that centers on a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. U.S. Distric...
Apr 06, 2022
Canadian Premier League hopes to ride Canada soccer wave into new season
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League kicks off its fourth season Thursday with soccer in the spotlight in the wake of the men's World Cup qualification. After two seasons disrupted by the pandemic, t...
Apr 06, 2022
"Back where we belong" — Raptors playoff-bound after soul-sapping season in Tampa
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors faced obstacles unlike any other NBA franchise last season, roadblocks so unwieldy that Nick Nurse said they were more like "cement walls." And so, when the Raptors clinc...
Apr 06, 2022