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Winnipeg Jets select centre Cole Perfetti with No. 10 NHL draft pick
The Winnipeg Jets have chosen Cole Perfetti with the 10th overall pick in the NHL draft. The 18 year old centre from Whitby, Ont., spent last season with the Ontario Hockey League's Saginaw Spir...
Oct 06, 2020
U of R professor discusses parties digging up dirt on social media
A political science professor believes digging up social media posts and past actions on candidates from your opponent's party is the modern version of classic attack ads.Recently, both the NDP and th...
Oct 06, 2020
‘Why did it happen?’ Sons of woman killed in 1997 crash want answers from Scott Moe
The sound of his mother's dying breath still haunts him.It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their car was...
Oct 06, 2020
Springer hits 2 HRs, Astros beat A's 5-2 for 2-0 ALDS lead
LOS ANGELES - George Springer hit two homers and the Houston Astros kept making more noise in the playoffs, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series....
Oct 06, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Rangers select Lafreniere with No. 1 pick in pandemic-delayed NHL draft
The New York Rangers have selected Alexis Lafreniere with the first pick in the NHL's pandemic-delayed draft. The star winger from the Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League registe...
Oct 06, 2020
Photoshoot raising awareness about MMIW
A photoshoot involving staff members at Piwapan Women's Centre is designed to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIW).Local photographer Alayna Calladine and Piwapan ...
Oct 06, 2020
P.A. nurse wins appeal regarding health care social media comments
A Prince Albert nurse says she's relieved following an ultimately successful legal battle with her professional association over social media comments she made.Carolyn Strom spoke to reporters followi...
Oct 06, 2020
Elections Canada seeks temporary new law for possible election during pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer is asking Parliament to quickly pass a temporary new law to give Elections Canada the tools it needs to conduct a federal election safely in the midst of the ...
Oct 06, 2020
D'Arnaud, Braves rally in 7th, beat Marlins 9-5 to open NLDS
HOUSTON - Ronald Acua Jr. made history with his leadoff homer, Travis d'Arnaud hit a tiebreaking shot in Atlanta's huge seventh inning and the Braves beat the Miami Marlins 9-5 Tuesday in Game 1 of th...
Oct 06, 2020
In 'Time,' love and a family waylaid by incarceration
NEW YORK - For the 21 years while Sibil "Fox" Richardson's husband, Rob, was imprisoned, they were, she says, "a telephone, letter-writing, visitation, just-stay-alive and keep-your-head-above-water c...
Oct 06, 2020