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White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82
LOS ANGELES - Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82. Riverside Coun...
Nov 12, 2020
N.L. public health has COVID advice for the holiday mummering tradition
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador public health officials have issued advice for those looking to stay COVID-safe while marauding around town with underwear on the outside of their clothes....
Nov 12, 2020
Coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts
BOSTON - Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed f...
Nov 12, 2020
Canada's Haley takes on hockey hopes of Hungarian women
Unable to coach the Ryerson Rams to a national women's university hockey title because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lisa Haley has applied her talents to an up-and-coming country. Hungary, which won prom...
Nov 12, 2020
Annual Christmas Tree Festival kicking off in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Although the normal Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation Christmas Tree Festival can't happen this year, the show must go on.People are pining over the ability to have the festival but...
Nov 12, 2020
First Nation to file series of lawsuits against N.S. government, commercial fishers
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - A Mi'kmaq First Nation that encountered violence after it opened a self-regulated lobster fishery says it will sue non-Indigenous fishers and the Nova Scotia government for allege...
Nov 12, 2020
Inquiry hears money laundering concerns at B.C. casinos rose as 2010 Olympics neared
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia gaming official says concerns were raised as larger amounts of suspicious cash with possible links to money laundering began showing up at casinos while the provi...
Nov 12, 2020
Irvine Rodeo Arena getting full rebuild and redesign
IRVINE, AB - A small Southern Alberta community near the Saskatchewan border is getting a new rodeo arena.UFA has announced its 2020 grant recipients from the Rural Communities Foundation (RCF).Out of...
Nov 12, 2020
Raptors president Ujiri hopes his team can play in Toronto as COVID-19 cases spike
TORONTO, AB- Raptors President Masai Ujiri says he hopes his team will play the next NBA season at Scotiabank Arena, despite rising COVID-19 cases both in Toronto and in the United States.Speaking Thu...
Nov 12, 2020
Bill to ban conversion therapy being turned into political fundraising tool
OTTAWA - A proposed bill banning forcing someone into therapy to alter their sexual orientation is turning into a political fundraising tool. Conservative MP and failed leadership candidate Dere...
Nov 12, 2020