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Blue Jays GM says baseball needs to step up to the plate on societal change
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins says Major League Baseball teams, including his own, need to work towards more diversity within their organizations. Executives from all 30 teams working ...
Jun 11, 2020
Adekugbe unbeaten in group phase of Canada Soccer video game tournament
Striker Cyle Larin was the odd man out Thursday as the field of five in the Canadian men's national team FIFA 20 tournament was thinned to four. Sam Adekugbe of Norway's Valerenga Fotball will take on...
Jun 11, 2020
Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in a single month, prompting the chief corner to say the federal government should take bold acti...
Jun 11, 2020
One new COVID-19 case in Lethbridge Thursday, 40 provincially
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest update on COVID-19 for Thursday, June 11.Provincially, another 40 infections were confirmed, bringing the total to 7,316. Of those, 3...
Jun 11, 2020
Early morning barn fire causes $50,000
LETHBRIDGE, AB -- Four city fire stations and 23 firefighters responded to a barn fire in the 200 block of 30 Street West at around 3 a.m. Thursday morning.The barn was fully involved when firefighter...
Jun 11, 2020
Court rules Manitoba's public-sector wage-freeze bill violates Charter
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba court has struck down key parts of a provincial government bill aimed at freezing the wages of public-sector workers. Queen's Bench Justice Joan McKelvey says the bill is draconi...
Jun 11, 2020
Court hears Crown's appeal of David and Collet Stephan's not guilty verdict
CALGARY, AB - The appeal process for David and Collet Stephan's acquittal last year began Thursday in Calgary.The couple was charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after their 19-mont...
Jun 11, 2020
Court: Michigan Great Lakes tunnel deal constitutional
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that legislators did not violate the state constitution by allowing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking...
Jun 11, 2020
New bill introduced to cut red tape in Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - A new bill to reduce red tap has been introduced in the Alberta legislature.Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction Grant Hunter has presented Bill 22 - the Red Tape Reduction Implemen...
Jun 11, 2020
Statistics Canada asks parents to share their COVID-19 experiences
OTTAWA - If you are a parent whose friends and family are tired of hearing you vent about the challenges of juggling work and child-rearing during COVID-19, the federal statistics agency wan...
Jun 11, 2020