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Lloydminster to host 2022 Esso Cup
It's a big day for up and coming female hockey players in the region. Hockey Canada announced today Lloydminster will play host to the 2022 Esso Cup for Canada's U-18 Woman's Club Championship. Lloydm...
May 27, 2020
Disney, SeaWorld announce plans for Florida parks to reopen
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - SeaWorld and Walt Disney World will reopen in Orlando, Florida, in June and July after months of inactivity because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to plans a city task ...
May 27, 2020
Parks Canada ready to welcome visitors next month
Prince Albert National Park will be ready for visitors June 1.The park will have limited services as the visitor centre and other facilities which require people to be in close contact will remain clo...
May 27, 2020
Leafs eager for chance to compete in what would be a season like no other
TORONTO - John Tavares expects hockey's restart - if it gets off the ground - to be a sprint. The Toronto Maple Leafs captain is eager to see how his team matches up. The NHL, which saw its season hal...
May 27, 2020
Military has located wreckage of helicopter and remains in Mediterranean
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has located the remains of some of the military members who died last month when the helicopter they were in crashed in the Mediterranean. A Canadian search and reco...
May 27, 2020
Victim in police encounter had started new life in Minnesota
Before he died after being pinned for minutes beneath a Minneapolis police officer's knee, George Floyd was suffering the same fate as millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: out of wor...
May 27, 2020
CFL informs member clubs its allowing limited access to team facilities
TORONTO - The CFL is allowing its teams to reopen their fitness facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league sent a memo to its member clubs Wednesday allowing local players to partic...
May 27, 2020
Cheyenne Frontier Days cancelled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The As...
May 27, 2020
More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020
Gyms trying to make adjustments for Phase 3
Now that the province has given gyms, fitness centres and mixed martial arts clubs a partial opening on June 8, owners and head trainers are shifting their programming to comply with guidelines.Half c...
May 27, 2020