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Torch passed at Hockey Canada, Davidson reflects on move to Own The Podium
CALGARY - Melody Davidson says she's received a few text messages telling her "I didn't see this coming." After more than a quarter century as a coach, manager and mentor in women's hockey d...
Jun 05, 2020

Racial unrest achingly familiar for Jenkins, other Canadian black athletes
TORONTO - As a black baseball player in 1960s America, Fergie Jenkins was often banned from the hotels of his white teammates. There were cities in which he couldn't dine alon...
Jun 05, 2020

DC paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House
WASHINGTON - City workers and volunteers painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Colum...
Jun 05, 2020

Twitter disables Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute
Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most wid...
Jun 05, 2020

Trump defies governor, heads to Maine where protesters await
GUILFORD, Maine - President Donald Trump's first trip to Maine as president was meant to showcase the administration's work to fight the coronavirus but it attracted hundreds of supporters and opponen...
Jun 05, 2020

Province announces commercial rent assistance and one-time payment to small businesses
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced two significant measures it believes will help companies, particularly small businesses, weather the current economic crisis.Premier Jason Kenney...
Jun 05, 2020

No injuries in collision between train and trailer
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Pacific Police Service is investigating a Friday morning collision between a tandem trailer and a train.Lethbridge News Now was first notified of the incident at around 9...
Jun 05, 2020

NCAA hits Oklahoma St with post-season ban in corruption case
An NCAA infractions committee panel announced Friday that former Oklahoma State assistant men's basketball coach Lamont Evans violated ethical-conduct rules by accepting up to $22,000 in bribes from f...
Jun 05, 2020

CBSA reminds boaters that "now is not the time to be crossing the border for discretionary reasons"
OTTAWA, ONT - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds all boaters that crossing the border for recreation or tourism is currently prohibited.The Government of Canada has introduced border mea...
Jun 05, 2020

Woodbine Entertainment to kick off both harness, thoroughbred cards this weekend
TORONTO - Horse-racing has another opportunity to take centre stage on the Canadian sports landscape with the pro ranks still suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harness racing resu...
Jun 05, 2020