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Dean, Drysdale, Buck, Shulman, Michaels up for Frick Award
NEW YORK - The late Hall of Fame pitchers Dizzy Dean and Don Drysdale are candidates for the Hall's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, along with Fox's Joe Buck, ESPN's Dan S...
Nov 02, 2020
Raptors' Engelbrecht: Every draft prospect has unique pandemic challenges
TORONTO - It's the longest pre-draft year in NBA history, stretching now into its 17th month. So long, that for the first time in his NBA career, Patrick Engelbrecht is still scouting draft pros...
Nov 02, 2020
Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 02, 2020
Austrian police say several injured after gunfire in Vienna
VIENNA - Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. Oskar Deutsch, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna,...
Nov 02, 2020
Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
HOUSTON - A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centres established ...
Nov 02, 2020
Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change
OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...
Nov 02, 2020
Town of Raymond say missing Grade 5 student has been located safely
RAYMOND, AB - According to the Town of Raymond's Twitter page, 10-year-old Myles Gilbert has been found.We have no more details at this time.Previous story: Officials are asking for the public's help ...
Nov 02, 2020
Americans more stressed over COVID-19 pandemic than Canadians: study
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There have been many negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in both Canada and the United States, but the way residents in each country feel is quite different.A new survey from th...
Nov 02, 2020
In Brazil, a parrot puppeteer’s death stirs the nation
RIO DE JANEIRO - In a time of so much loss, it is rare for an individual death to stir a country. And it is extraordinary for national grief to be triggered by the passing of a puppet. But so it was i...
Nov 02, 2020
David Choiniere looks to keep scoring for Forge FC in CONCACAF League play
David Choiniere has made a habit of scoring in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League. And Forge FC hopes the 23-year-old winger from Saint-Alexandre, Que., can rise to the occasion again Tuesday when t...
Nov 02, 2020