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Sask. teachers ratify new collective bargaining agreement
Saskatchewan's teachers have ratified a new contract with the provincial government.In a media release Thursday evening, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation announced its members voted 85 per cent i...
May 22, 2020
The Spring League in U.S. interested in forming partnership with CFL
TORONTO - An American developmental football league wants to help CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie out. Brian Woods, the CEO of The Spring League, has approached Ambrosie about a partnership. Wood...
May 22, 2020
Big art, small package: Tiny plays offered to stage at home
NEW YORK - The task facing playwright Tito Livas was intense: Write a new play in a few days that could be read alone or aloud with friends. Don't worry if it's too crazy. Oh, and make it 10 minutes o...
May 22, 2020
Florida unemployment rate triples in April to nearly 13%
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Florida's unemployment rate reached a record high in April of almost 13%, tripling in one month as the economic slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic took hold, as some of the...
May 22, 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli to plead guilty to college bribes scheme
For more than a year, "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, insisted they were innocent of charges in the college admissions bribery case. They accuse...
May 22, 2020
Jets' Laine on post-quarantine hockey: 'My game is probably gonna look terrible'
Patrik Laine is eager to get back on the ice. The Winnipeg Jets sniper also knows post-quarantine hockey will feature plenty of rust - at least initially - if the NHL gets the green light to...
May 22, 2020
Tories want Parliament declared 'essential service,' regular House sittings
OTTAWA - Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer wants Parliament declared an essential service so a reduced number of MPs can resume their House of Commons duties amid the COVID-19 crisis. Scheer s...
May 22, 2020
PM avoids promising federal inquiry into Nova Scotia shooting rampage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't commit to a federal inquiry into the recent Nova Scotia shootings. Nova Scotia's premier said this month he would not plan a public inquiry ...
May 22, 2020
Feds will fund COVID-19 testing, tracing and data-sharing, Trudeau promises
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will fund provinces' efforts to test people for COVID-19, track the contacts of those who test positive, and help different jurisdict...
May 22, 2020
Jerry Sloan, Jazz great and Hall of Fame coach, dies at 78
Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. The Jazz said he died from complications of Park...
May 22, 2020