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Whitmer: Gyms can open; contact sports resume, but unadvised
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday that gyms can reopen after 5 1/2 months of closure and more organized sports can resume if masks are worn - lifting some coronavirus restricti...
Sep 03, 2020

Liberals and Conservatives both say they'll stop using COVID-19 wage subsidy
OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative parties say they'll no longer use the federal government's wage-subsidy program. The program to subsidize worker pay by up to 75 per cent was meant to h...
Sep 03, 2020

Children harmed by on-reserve child welfare a step closer to compensation
OTTAWA - Indigenous children and their relatives harmed by chronic underfunding of child-welfare services on reserves are a step closer to resolving claims for compensation. The federal governmen...
Sep 03, 2020

Barrett, Triano say Nash has the tools to be a successful NBA head coach
Rowan Barrett remembers seeing Steve Nash covered in sweat, putting in work on the practice floor long before he was joined by his teammates. It was back in 2010, and Barrett was watching his fri...
Sep 03, 2020

Fake mask exemption cards being sold in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The City of Lethbridge is warning citizens to be aware of imitation "Mask Exemption Cards" being sold online and on Facebook.As it stands, the City has not issued a card to tell someon...
Sep 03, 2020

Alex Trebek expects to mark 2-year cancer survival in 2021
LOS ANGELES - Alex Trebek says he's responding exceptionally well to treatment for pancreatic cancer and expects to mark his two-year survival next February. His doctor has said he's counting on that ...
Sep 03, 2020

Harvest begins early for Southern Alberta`s sweetest crop
TABER, AB. -- With the memory of Southern Alberta`s early start to winter last fall still upper-most in the minds of sugar beet growers, they`ve decided to move up the harvest this season.The 2019 har...
Sep 03, 2020

Top stars at Venice Film Fest praise gender-neutral prizes
VENICE, Italy - Two stars at the Venice Film Festival, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, have praised the decision by the Berlin festival to award gender-neutral prizes, with Swinton predicting other ...
Sep 03, 2020

Boseman to be honoured in hometown, where he inspired others
ANDERSON, S.C. - Actor Chadwick Boseman will be mourned, honoured and celebrated Thursday in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, where he gave residents a deep sense of pride, event organizers s...
Sep 03, 2020

Law centre at UVic to train generation of Indigenous legal scholars
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria is expanding its law school building to house the new National Centre for Indigenous Laws. The federal and B.C. governments and the Law Foundation of B.C. are con...
Sep 03, 2020