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A look at Myanmar's election and Suu Kyi's expected victory
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar holds national and state elections Sunday in which Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party will be looking to hold on to power. Here's a c...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump chief of staff Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic. Two senior administrati...
Nov 06, 2020
Perdue, Ossoff head to Georgia US Senate runoff
ATLANTA - Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for Perdue's Senate seat. Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel was able to get enough votes...
Nov 06, 2020
U of S study finds wearing a mask during exercise does not affect breathing or oxygen levels
A new study from the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Kinesiology, School of Rehabilitation Science and College of Pharmacy and Nutrition has found that wearing a mask doesn't have any effec...
Nov 06, 2020
COVID challenge: Alberta premier urges end to house parties as infections rise
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is strongly urging Albertans to stop holding house parties and get-togethers to bend the curve on sharply rising COVID-19 cases. Alberta has reported just over 1,400 ne...
Nov 06, 2020
New trial ordered for B.C. father 37 years after the murder of his two sons
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister has ordered a new trial in the case of a British Columbia father convicted of two counts of second-degree murder nearly 40 years ago. Tomas Yebes was found guilty in...
Nov 06, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposure in North Battleford, Lloydminster, other Sask. communities
Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious:AberdeenOctober 27 and 28...
Nov 06, 2020
'Something I've dreamed of': Bell joins La Ronge Ice Wolves
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Alex Bell, 19, has signed on to play with the Ice Wolves. He's the first band member to join the Ice Wolves in 14 years and he's also the first goaltender from La Ronge...
Nov 06, 2020
Quebec's World Cup moguls, aerials to relocate to Calgary
CALGARY - A pair of World Cup freestyle ski events in Quebec are moving to Alberta. A moguls and an aerials event originally scheduled to be held at Quebec ski resorts Jan. 23 and Jan. 31, will be com...
Nov 06, 2020
Dennis Fairall, who built a track dynasty with the Windsor Lancers, dies at 67
Dennis Fairall, a decorated track coach who built the Windsor Lancers into a Canadian varsity powerhouse, has died. He was 67. The University of Windsor confirmed Fairall's death Friday. He had been b...
Nov 06, 2020