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Max Bell Aquatic Centre at U of L to reopen with limitations August 10
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Swimmers will be able to visit the Max Bell Regional Aquatic Centre next week.The University of Lethbridge and Horns Recreation have announced that the facility will reopen on Monday,...
Aug 06, 2020
Canada promises immediate help to Lebanon, wants political reform over long term
OTTAWA - Canada is emphasizing the need for economic and political reform in Lebanon over the long term as it looks at immediate ways to help the country following this week's deadly explosion in Beir...
Aug 06, 2020
Supreme Court to hear case of Hamilton-area man who killed would-be car thief
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Hamilton-area homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief. The top court today granted the request to weigh in from Peter Khill. Khill, o...
Aug 06, 2020
Senate shifts rules for Meredith victim compensation process
OTTAWA - The Senate says harassment victims of disgraced former senator Don Meredith can now have lawyers when speaking to an independent evaluator hired to determine potential compensation for t...
Aug 06, 2020
Viola Davis, LeBron James among honorees at AAFCA TV Honours
LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA TV Honors later this month. The African American Film Critics Association announced the recipients...
Aug 06, 2020
Weekly poems elevate New Hampshire city's virus newsletters
CONCORD, N.H. - Valerie Rochon is eager to read her email every Monday morning, even when it makes her cry. In addition to the endless Zoom meeting invitations, each week brings a new poem tucked into...
Aug 06, 2020
NHL and its labs say COVID-19 testing doesn't overlap with public's
EDMONTON - The NHL says the laboratories hired to conduct daily COVID-19 tests on players in Edmonton and Toronto keep their supply chains separate from the public's to ensure never the twai...
Aug 06, 2020
China sentences 3rd Canadian to death on drug charges
BEIJING - China has sentenced a third Canadian citizen to death on drug charges amid a steep decline in relations between the two countries. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court announced Xu Wei...
Aug 06, 2020
Documents on WE affair and Kashmir clampdown: In The News for Aug. 6
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 Aug. 6. What we are watching in Canada ... Opp...
Aug 06, 2020
'Do our lives count for less?': COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid
Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because...
Aug 06, 2020