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Five new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, all linked to Hutterite colony
WINNIPEG - Manitoba health officials are reporting five new COVID-19 cases, all on a Hutterite colony. The government says the new infections are of a man and a woman in their 60s, a man and a woman i...
Jul 17, 2020

Njoo tells young people to 'party' at a distance to help keep COVID-19 down
OTTAWA - Singing and dancing in close quarters is not the way to party this summer, Canada's deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday. Njoo urged younger people to stop jamming bars an...
Jul 17, 2020

Challenge Cup to resume next month but questions remains over the field
Rugby league's Coral Challenge Cup will resume next month with sixth-round matches including the Toronto Wolfpack. The final of the knockout competition, which was originally scheduled for this weeken...
Jul 17, 2020

2 men charged in assault on Black man at Indiana lake
INDIANAPOLIS - Two men were charged Friday after a Black man said a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to "get a noose" after claiming that he and his friends had trespassed on private pr...
Jul 17, 2020

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck named a finalist for Vezina Trophy
NEW YORK - Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Vezina Trophy, awarded&nbs...
Jul 17, 2020

Newborn care unit at Vancouver hospital shut down by COVID-19 outbreak
VANCOUVER - A newborn intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital is the site of the latest COVID-19 outbreak in B.C. Vancouver Coastal Health, which administers health-care services for much of ...
Jul 17, 2020

Defence wants 5 to 9 years for former nightclub employee guilty of sex assaults
EDMONTON - The defence lawyer representing a former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexual assault says his client should serve between five and nine years in prison. Matthew McKnight, w...
Jul 17, 2020

La Loche COVID-free three months after outbreak began
The site of the worst COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan has been given the all-clear.La Loche declared itself free of the virus after the last active case was deemed recovered on Wednesday."It has bee...
Jul 17, 2020

Storm causes damage but Edmonton Oilers arena structurally sound: mayor
Edmonton's mayor says a preliminary assessment shows storm damage to Rogers Place is not structural and the arena will be able to hold upcoming National Hockey League games. Don Iveson says photo...
Jul 17, 2020

SHA warning of possible COVID-19 exposure at two Regina businesses July 6
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said Friday a person who later tested positive for COVID-19 visited two Regina businesses on July 6 - including Costco.In a media release, the SHA issued an advisory ...
Jul 17, 2020