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Winnipeg Jets cancel practice due to possible COVID-19 exposure
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have cancelled their practice today due to a potential exposure to COVID-19.The NHL team did not provide further details and said information regarding their schedule for ...
Jan 16, 2021

Andreescu's coach tests positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Melbourne
Sylvain Bruneau, the coach of Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu, said Saturday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open. In a four-paragraph st...
Jan 16, 2021

UNA urges AHS to provide transparency in vaccine rollout
United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) President Heather Smith is urging Alberta Health Services (AHS) President and CEO Dr. Verna Yiu to provide immediate transparency on their vaccine rollout plan for healt...
Jan 16, 2021

Winnipeg Jets cancel practice due to possible COVID-19 exposure
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have cancelled their practice today due to a potential exposure to COVID-19.The NHL team did not provide further details and said information regarding their schedule for ...
Jan 16, 2021

'It was joyous:' Sun returns to some Nunavut communities for first time in weeks
IQALUIT - A sliver of orange rose over Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, earlier this week, tinting the sky pink and the snow a purple hue. The sun washed over the frozen tundra and sparkling sea ice for an hou...
Jan 16, 2021

Nick Taylor gets a break and a birdie and leads Sony Open
HONOLULU - Canadian Nick Taylor pitched in for eagle to get his round headed in the right direction, and he kept going until he finished with a good break and one last birdie for an 8-under 62 and a t...
Jan 16, 2021

Less pomp, very different circumstances as D.C. prepares to inaugurate Biden, Harris
WASHINGTON - Some pomp. Very different circumstances. Inauguration day is supposed to be a star-spangled showcase of inalienable democratic spirit, the sort of patriotic, bunting-festooned display tha...
Jan 16, 2021

Less pomp, very different circumstances as D.C. prepares to inaugurate Biden, Harris
WASHINGTON - Some pomp. Very different circumstances. Inauguration day is supposed to be a star-spangled showcase of inalienable democratic spirit, the sort of patriotic, bunting-festooned display tha...
Jan 16, 2021

Uganda says president wins 6th term as vote-rigging alleged
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda's electoral commission announced Saturday that longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth five-year term, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and...
Jan 16, 2021

Lethbridge Police testing out hybrid vehicles
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is doing its part for the environment.The first of four hybrid vehicles in LPS' fleet has hit the streets. Deputy Chief Scott Woods posted about th...
Jan 16, 2021