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Indigenous-led alert system for N.S. Mi'kmaq communities ready to roll out
CAPE BRETON, N.S. - A new alert system that will issue emergency messages to residents in five Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq communities is the first of its kind among Indigenous people...
Aug 27, 2020

COVID-19 taking financial toll on Canadians with disabilities: survey
A Statistics Canada report suggests that more than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial imp...
Aug 27, 2020

Toronto Blue Jays acquire starting pitcher Taijuan Walker from Mariners
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners, bolstering a starting rotation missing three pitchers to injury. Toronto traded a player to be...
Aug 27, 2020
Sask. expecting ‘influx of applications’ after getting $75M from Ottawa for school reopening
Saskatchewan schools are getting a funding boost after the federal government committed $74.9 million of the $2 billion it pledged to provinces and territories for the safe reopening of schools.The fi...
Aug 27, 2020

Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are 'absurd and silly'
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...
Aug 27, 2020

Immediate future of North American sports uncertain after boycotts
Discussions were underway Thursday regarding immediate plans for the top North American pro sports leagues after several games were postponed a day earlier in the wake of a police ...
Aug 27, 2020

Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are 'absurd and silly'
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...
Aug 27, 2020

Saskatchewan Polytechnic launches new strategic plan
Saskatchewan Polytechnic launches new strategic plan to guide the polytechnic's direction over the next five yearsSituated on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories, and Homeland of the Mtis people, Saskat...
Aug 27, 2020

Sean Penn ups fight against COVID-19 with relief expansion
LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn has expanded his fight against the coronavirus beyond his own expectations. The Oscar winner's disaster relief organization CORE has gone from providing 6,500 tests in a couple...
Aug 27, 2020

Explosion in mail-in voting expected if election held amid pandemic
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is bracing for an explosive increase in the number of Canadians who vote by mail should the country be plunged into an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public opin...
Aug 27, 2020