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Pressure mounts on Biden to make diverse picks for top posts
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure to expand the racial and ideological diversity in his choices for Cabinet and other top jobs. A month and a half before he takes of...
Dec 05, 2020
Calgary featherweight Hakeem Dawodu to fight on UFC 257 card featuring Conor McGregor
TORONTO - Calgary featherweight (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu will face Shane (Hurricane) Burgos at UFC 257 on Jan. 23. It's a high-profile card given it marks the return of Conor McGregor, the former UFC feat...
Dec 04, 2020
Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio handed one-game suspension, fine for violent conduct
TORONTO - Midfielder Jonathan Osorio has been handed a one-game suspension and undisclosed fine for violent conduct in Toronto FC's 1-0 playoff loss to Nashville SC. Hacked to the ground in the 32nd m...
Dec 04, 2020
Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets
MEXICO CITY - Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio - salsa, cumbia, ranchera - bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City's Ajusco Medio hospital, which is operating well...
Dec 04, 2020
Canadian men to open 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign against Bermuda in March
Canada will open its 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign March 25 at home to Bermuda, the first of a possible 20 matches the Canadian men will have to play if they are to book their ticket to Qatar. Th...
Dec 04, 2020
City budget deliberation sessions underway
The City of North Battleford is in the process of having its deliberation meetings on the proposed 2021 budget.At the first meeting last night the city heard from several non profit organizations maki...
Dec 04, 2020
COVID-19 case in Unity high school
Friday, Living Sky School Division announced an individual at Unity Composite High School has been diagnosed with COVID-19.The school, division and Public Health are working to ensure precautionary me...
Dec 04, 2020
Ex-MP says no 'backroom' dealings involved in subcontract for 10,000 ventilators
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP whose medical company was subcontracted as part of a $237-million ventilator deal with the federal government says no "backroom" business factored into the agreement. Fran...
Dec 04, 2020
Black federal public servants file lawsuit alleging systemic discrimination
OTTAWA - A group of current and former Black federal workers has filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, alleging systemic discrimination in how it hired and promoted thousands of...
Dec 04, 2020
Wayward wallaroo rescued from river after chase in Illinois
PERU, Ill. - Police in Peru, Illinois, are no strangers to chases - unless what they're after hops away on two legs. Officers in the city about 95 miles (152 kilometres) southwest of Chicago were join...
Dec 04, 2020