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NHL returns to action 142 days after COVID-19 forced suspension of season
TORONTO - The NHL's most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes g...
Aug 01, 2020
Movement seeking status for asylum seekers in essential jobs say August will be pivotal
MONTREAL - A group seeking status for asylum seekers who were employed as essential workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic says August will be a pivotal month. As they completed an ove...
Aug 01, 2020
Zimbabwean author freed after night in jail for protest
HARARE, Zimbabwe - An internationally known Zimbabwean author and several other people have been released on bail on Saturday, after spending a night in police cells for protesting against the governm...
Aug 01, 2020
Researchers look for unique ways to collect data as COVID-19 changes methods
Aaron Fairweather has 27 colonies of ants to keep happy in the living room by getting the temperature, humidity and light just right although the environment at home may not feel quite as comfortable ...
Aug 01, 2020
Regina charity executive director resigns over sexual harassment allegations
A Regina organization aimed at supporting and keeping youth safe is investigating after sexual harassment allegations surfaced against its former executive director.The allegations were posted this we...
Aug 01, 2020
Ottawa offers to help CFL with short-term loan, no decision on season expected Friday: TSN
According to TSN's Dave Naylor, his sources are telling him the federal government has offered to help the Canadian Football League ahead of a potential 2020 season.But it would be in the form of a sh...
Aug 01, 2020
Researchers look for unique ways to collect data as COVID-19 changes methods
Aaron Fairweather has 27 colonies of ants to keep happy in the living room by getting the temperature, humidity and light just right although the environment at home may not feel quite as comfortable ...
Aug 01, 2020
City hopes to address problem of derelict properties
The City of North Battleford has updated its list of derelict properties in the community in an effort to have some of them cleaned up.Council supported administration's recommendation for a resolutio...
Aug 01, 2020
Air Force, UN food agency tackle skyrocketing COVID-19 hunger in Latin America
OTTAWA - The head of the UN World Food Program says the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased the number of starving people in Latin America, which could trigger a refugee exodus to North America...
Aug 01, 2020
All inquiry recommendations after fatal RCMP shooting implemented: Ministry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has implemented all seven recommendations made by a coroner's jury at the inquest into the killing of a man by police in Port Hardy five ye...
Aug 01, 2020