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Breakthrough for women: Miami Marlins hire Kim Ng as GM
MIAMI - Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three decades later she's still on the rise while shattering ceilings. Ng became the majors' highest-ranking woman in baseball...
Nov 13, 2020
PM warns premiers that feds don't have 'infinite' resources to assist COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning that the federal government could face "impossible decisions" if provinces don't take tougher action to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19. As several ...
Nov 13, 2020
Deputy chief of public health says challenges remain for Raptors to play at home
Canada's deputy chief of public health says the Toronto Raptors have presented a good plan to play at home this coming NBA season, but concerns remain over enforcing strict health protocols and travel...
Nov 13, 2020
Province records 81 new cases, 53 patients are in hospital
After announcing further restrictive measures to combat COVID-19, the province is reporting 81 new cases and 108 recoveries.The new amount brings the provincial total to 4,513 cases. The new cases are...
Nov 13, 2020
Major police operation underway in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood
MONTREAL - A major police operation was underway Friday in a neighbourhood north of downtown Montreal, near the offices of video-game maker Ubisoft. Police officers holding firearms could be seen out ...
Nov 13, 2020
Two local business owners recognized for helping tourism in Saskatchewan
The 2019 Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence recipients have been announced including two local business owners, Brad Muir and Gordon Olson.Brad Muir from Anglin Lake owns Sundogs Excursions and...
Nov 13, 2020
Stars travel to La Ronge for first road swing of season
The Battlefords North Stars will return to action Friday night, for the first of what will be back-to-back games versus the Ice Wolves in La Ronge this weekend.The North Stars enter play looking to bo...
Nov 13, 2020
2 workers dead, 1 person missing in veterans hospital blast
WEST HAVEN, Conn. - An apparent steam pipe explosion Friday in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed a VA employee and a contractor and left a third person missin...
Nov 13, 2020
N.L. report promotes alternative paths to justice for sexual assault survivors
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report from a women's group in St. John's says despite years of reforms, the Canadian justice system is failing sexual assault victims. It calls on advocates to put more resou...
Nov 13, 2020
More COVID-19 cases found in North; Nunavut shuts some schools, mandates masks
Another case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in western Nunavut to add to the territory's three other infections.It's prompted the chief public health officer to close the Kivalliq region's schools, ma...
Nov 13, 2020