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Gallant named Canada's head coach for upcoming world championship in Latvia
CALGARY - Veteran NHL coach Gerard Gallant has been named Canada's head coach for the upcoming world hockey championship in Riga, Latvia. Hockey Canada said in a release Wednesday that Mike Kelly and ...
Apr 28, 2021
Canada pulls out of international race walking event in Ecuador due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada pulled out out of next week's Pan American Race Walking Cup in Ecuador due to concerns about COVID-19, erasing the final international opportunity Mathieu Bilodeau had to qualify for t...
Apr 28, 2021
Doctors from racialized communities tackle COVID vaccine hesitancy in new campaign
CALGARY - Doctors across Canada are banding together to encourage racialized communities most at risk of COVID-19 infection to get vaccinated against the virus. A new campaign called This is Our Shot ...
Apr 28, 2021
Lethbridge marks National Day of Mourning
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge will have its flags at half-mast today.April 28 marks the Day of Mourning across Canada and the world. It's a time to remember workers who have been killed, inj...
Apr 28, 2021
Carmelo Anthony memoir coming out in September
NEW YORK - Carmelo Anthony's life story includes a great deal besides basketball. The 10-time NBA All-Star has a memoir coming out Sept. 14 that publisher Gallery Books is calling "raw and inspiration...
Apr 28, 2021
NWHL doubles salary cap to $300K, delays Montreal expansion
The National Women's Hockey League announced Wednesday it is doubling its salary cap to $300,000 for each of its six teams based on projections that it is making strides in achieving financial stabili...
Apr 28, 2021
Alberta to cut surgeries up to 30 per cent in Edmonton, Calgary, North zones
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Health Services says it will reduce scheduled surgical activity up to 30 per cent in the Edmonton, Calgary and North zones due to rising COVID-19 case numbers.The province says ...
Apr 28, 2021
Chicago stages drive-through Wagner in underground garage
CHICAGO - Amid signs pointing "To Elevator" and advising drivers to "Take Parking Ticket With You," the Rhinemaidens lament the theft of their gold, Siegfried is murdered, and Brnnhilde drives off in ...
Apr 28, 2021
COVID-19-ravaged nursing homes and entering U.S. on a kayak: In The News for April 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 28 ... COVID-19 news we are watching in ...
Apr 28, 2021
EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treaty
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders, their British counterparts and European businesses expressed hope Wednesday that the final ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal will open a new, positive era o...
Apr 28, 2021