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Canadians seem OK with possibly being benched as playoff venue: survey
OTTAWA - It looks like hockey fans will be able to cheer on their favourite NHL team this summer but Canadians have issued a collective shrug about whether the Stanley Cup is hoisted on their hom...
Jun 02, 2020

Canadians seem OK with possibly being benched as playoff venue: survey
OTTAWA - It looks like hockey fans will be able to cheer on their favourite NHL team this summer but Canadians have issued a collective shrug about whether the Stanley Cup is hoisted on their hom...
Jun 02, 2020

'Opposite of busy:' Business down at pawnshops, payday lenders during pandemic
CALGARY - John Sanford has been a pawnbroker for 20 years and says he's never seen anything like it. Pawnshops and payday loan lenders have long been harbingers of hard economic times due to...
Jun 02, 2020

Canadian health officials urge rally-goers to keep COVID-19 in mind
OTTAWA - As protesters keep up their anti-racism rallies on both sides of the border, top health officials are hoping they don't forget about the risk of COVID-19. Canadian health offic...
Jun 02, 2020

Judge tosses ex-basketball players' 'Fortnite' dance lawsuit
SILVER SPRING, Md. - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which two former University of Maryland men's basketball players accused makers of the "Fortnite" video game of misappropriating a dance...
Jun 01, 2020

15-year-old Warman Hip Hop dancer gets opportunity of a lifetime on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’
He's been training in studios in Saskatoon and St. Albert, Alberta for seven years, working hard to get to the top of the Hip Hop dance world.Now, 15-year-old Warman native Dayton Paradis appears to b...
Jun 01, 2020

Trump declares he's president of law, order amid protests.
WASHINGTON - Amid racial unrest across the nation, President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself "the president of law and order" and threatened to deploy the United States military to American ci...
Jun 01, 2020

Sentencing hearing for Quebec man Ugo Fredette, convicted in double slaying
ST-JEROME, Que. - A 25-year sentence for a pair of first-degree murder convictions would be ridiculous, the mother of one of Ugo Fredette's victims told the court Monday. Claudette Biard, mo...
Jun 01, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:12 p.m. on June 1, 2020: There are 91,705 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,354 confirmed (includ...
Jun 01, 2020

La Ronge Regional Fire Department to resume training, accept PPE delivery
May was an average month for calls for service at the La Ronge Regional Fire Department, but Acting-Chief Keaton Cloud expects this summer to be busier. He believes this to be the case based on the Sa...
Jun 01, 2020