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Livestock and poultry producers encouraged to have bio-security plans in place
EDMONTON, AB. -- While COVID has played havoc with many industries and businesses, the one bright spot has been agriculture, where there have been no reports of livestock being infected by COVID-19 an...
Nov 16, 2020
Johnson exercises player option with Raptors, first piece of business in busy week
TORONTO - Seldom-used Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson exercised his player option for the 2020-21 season on Monday.Johnson is slated to make just over US$3.8 million next season.The 24-year-ol...
Nov 16, 2020
AP source: Chris Paul acquired by Phoenix from Oklahoma City
All-Star guard Chris Paul is being traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Phoenix Suns, where he'll play alongside one of the league's most dynamic young scorers in fellow All-Star Devin Booker,...
Nov 16, 2020
Former CFL receiver Adarius Bowman pleased to see Canadians excelling in NCAA ranks
When Adarius Bowman first saw Ajou Ajou, he saw plenty of himself. The six-foot-three, 215-pound Ajou, of Brooks, Alta., is a budding star receiver with the fourth-ranked Clemson Tigers. But Ajou was ...
Nov 16, 2020
Alberta’s energy minister pushes back at attempt to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5
Alberta's Energy Minister says an attempt by Michigan's governor to shut down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline will likely be "headed to a long, protracted process in the American court system."Sonya Savage...
Nov 16, 2020
Trump to order troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq
The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan. 15, a U.S. official said Monday. The order would stop short of outgoing President D...
Nov 16, 2020
Ottawa launches independent review of Canada's beleaguered military-justice system
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish is starting an outside examination of Canada's troubled military courts. The review comes as the military struggles with a variety of challenges to the regim...
Nov 16, 2020
Diving deeper into Alberta's "second wave" of COVID-19 so far
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The numbers don't lie, Alberta is in a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and it's worse than the first.This Tuesday marks eight months since the Government of Alberta first declare...
Nov 16, 2020
Residential-school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments
OTTAWA - The director of that National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments must build monuments in capital cities across Canada to honour residen...
Nov 16, 2020
Hollywood stars complete takeover of Welsh club Wrexham
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world's oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV show. In a pinch-...
Nov 16, 2020