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AP source: NBA owners approve 22-team season restart plan
The NBA's Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida, another major step toward getting teams back onto t...
Jun 04, 2020
'Defunding' police, funding mental health resources will save lives: experts
TORONTO - The death of a Toronto woman who fell from her 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home has renewed calls for an overhaul of how society deals with people in mental health crises. So...
Jun 04, 2020
U of L professor speaks on COVID-19’s impact on small businesses at SACPA
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) hosted Dr. Trevor Harrison on Thursday morning.Harrison is a professor of sociology at the University of Lethbridge and director...
Jun 04, 2020
Hockey Canada lifts ban on sanctioned activities, lets members decide on return
CALGARY, AB - Hockey Canada has lifted its ban on sanctioned activities and is allowing the country's 13 member organizations to individually determine when it's safe to return to action.The move is a...
Jun 04, 2020
Trudeau says new modelling shows COVID-19 in decline but fight must continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal data shows that COVID-19 is in decline across Canada but the country is not out of the woods. Trudeau says a new modelling report will be r...
Jun 04, 2020
Special payments to seniors to arrive in early July, Liberals say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a special one-time payment for seniors will go out the week of July 6. The COVID-19-related aid will come in the form of $300 payments to the more than...
Jun 04, 2020
Health official: No new COVID-19 cases from Missouri parties
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - No additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend, the state's top ...
Jun 04, 2020
New study is first full list of species that only exist in Canada
OTTAWA - For the first time, Canadian biologists have come up with a list of plants, insects and animals that don't exist in any other country and many of them are in danger of extinction if they have...
Jun 04, 2020
U.S. trade gap rises to $49.4 billion in April
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit hit the highest level in eight months in April. Exports and imports both posted record monthly drops as the coronavirus pandemic smothered America's commerce with o...
Jun 04, 2020
European Central Bank nearly doubles pandemic support scheme
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has boosted its pandemic emergency support program by an unexpectedly large 600 billion euros to 1.35 trillion euros ($1.5 trillion), adding to a range of efforts...
Jun 04, 2020