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Wiggins, Raptors vow to continue racial justice work after the restart tips off
John Wiggins' big fear was that when the NBA restart tipped off in Florida, the world would forget about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the conversation around racial injustice wo...
Jul 30, 2020
PA Service Canada Centres Open
The Prince Albert Service Canada Centre is now open to the public, however we are only providing critical in-person services and limiting the number of people allowed in the office at one time. Due to...
Jul 30, 2020
Naked 2021 Calendar Fundraiser
With Covid-19 shutting down all revenue streams for our local curling club and community centre, the Lakeland Curling Club in Christopher Lake decided that printing the 2020-21 Naked Calendar they had...
Jul 30, 2020
Mass killer had hiding spaces for guns, but drug smuggling not verified: RCMP
HALIFAX - RCMP investigators confirmed Thursday that the gunman who went on a rampage in Nova Scotia in April had hidden compartments in buildings and had converted personal assets into ...
Jul 30, 2020
Gaga, Grande top MTV VMA noms; quarantine categories added
NEW YORK - It's raining nominations for Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's "Rain on Me" at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which will present new categories focused on live performances and music videos c...
Jul 30, 2020
In an upside-down summer, 'Jaws,' 'E.T.' are hits again
NEW YORK - When historians look back on the top films at the box office in the summer of 2020, they may feel like they've slipped into a time warp, or maybe "Back to the Future." Over the second weeke...
Jul 30, 2020
Saskatchewan records 18th death from COVID-19
Saskatchewan has recorded its 18th death in relation to COVID-19.The person was from the South, had tested positive for the virus, and was in their 90s.The information was part of the latest daily pro...
Jul 30, 2020
Ottawa initially refused to hold joint inquiry into mass killing: N.S. minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he privately pushed Ottawa for a full federal-provincial public inquiry into the April mass shooting but federal officials initially r...
Jul 30, 2020
McDavid, Oilers itching to get after Blackhawks and erase past playoff failures
Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid may be the best hockey player in the world, but his body language these days resembles a guy with a big chip on his shoulder and something to prove. Th...
Jul 30, 2020
Walkway lighting proposal deferred to 2021 budget deliberations
Any decision on a proposal to install lights for North Battleford's walkways will need to wait a little longer.Due to the estimated high cost of the project, likely to be done over several years, coun...
Jul 30, 2020