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NLL scraps plans for abbreviated 2020-21 season, wants to begin full campaign in fall
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League has cancelled plans for an abbreviated 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The league said in a statement it will now focus on starting a f...
Feb 3, 2021
Toronto Arrows move south of the border to start MLR season in Atlanta area
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows are moving south to start the 2021 Major League Rugby season. MLR announced Wednesday that Arrows will share facilities with Rugby ATL in Marietta, Ga., because of pandemi...
Feb 3, 2021
Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...
Feb 3, 2021
Lethbridge City Council to consider extending mask bylaw to Dec. 31
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Could the residents of Lethbridge be required to wear face masks in public settings until the end of 2021? We might find out on Thursday, February 11.At next week's Community Safety S...
Feb 3, 2021
'It's a different look': Regulation wins more important in NHL's shortened season
Paul Maurice is cheering for only one thing when he watches two North Division rivals hit the ice from his couch. The Winnipeg Jets head coach wants the result decided inside 60 minutes - and definite...
Feb 3, 2021
No injuries in Highway 22 vehicle fire near Lundbreck
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Pincher Creek Emergency Services responded to a vehicle fire early Wednesday morning.The incident was first reported shortly after 6:30 a.m. near Lundbreck.Highway 22 10 km North o...
Feb 3, 2021
Municipalities consider pushing province on regional restrictions
MEDICINE HAT, AB- A few municipalities in Southern Alberta are considering following Medicine Hat's lead in writing a letter to the province to push for a more regional approach to COVID-19 restrictio...
Feb 3, 2021
GSK, CureVac to make COVID-19 vaccines aimed at new variants
LONDON - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday it will work with a German biopharmaceutical company to develop new vaccines targeting emerging variants of COVID-19 amid concerns that some mutations...
Feb 3, 2021
Doctor has no right to francophone panel, Ontario discipline committee rules
TORONTO - A francophone doctor accused of misconduct by Ontario's medical regulator has lost his bid to have his case heard by a French-speaking disciplinary panel. In ruling against Dr. Mathieu Belan...
Feb 3, 2021
Germany says it beat 2020 goal to cut greenhouse emissions
BERLIN - Germany's economy minister says the country beat its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40% last year compared to 1990 levels. Peter Altmaier said figures show Germany's emissions ...
Feb 3, 2021