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Powell angry at NBA for limiting players to "cookie cutter" list of slogans
Norm Powell is angry that the NBA for limiting players to a "cookie-cutter" list of social justice messages. Social and racial justice is a theme of the NBA's restart in Florida, a...
Jul 16, 2020

Province says Jays cleared to play at home, but final decision lies with feds
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's looking forward to the Toronto Blue Jays playing at Rogers Centre this season after a member of his government said the Major League Baseball team has bee...
Jul 16, 2020

Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighbourhood Thursday morning. After receiving a call about a kangaroo running loose, Fort Lauderdale p...
Jul 16, 2020

NLSD submits plan for students returning to class in September
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has submitted a draft plan to the provincial government detailing the precautions that will be in place when students return in September. That's according t...
Jul 16, 2020

Major new pipelines and mines must show path to net zero to get approved
OTTAWA - Proposals for new mines, power plants, pipelines and railways in Canada will have to include plans to hit net zero emissions by 2050 if they have any hope of getting approved. The federal gov...
Jul 16, 2020

Burris, Brock, Childress and Hufnagel among 2020 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Four members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have ties to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Offensive linemen Clyde Brock and Freddie Childress, quarterback Henry Burris and builder J...
Jul 16, 2020

Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening, Trudeau announces
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020

Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening from COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020

SHA warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in southwest, central areas
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is calling the COVID-19 outbreak in the southwest and west-central areas of the province "an emergent situation."Through contact tracing and testing, the SHA sa...
Jul 16, 2020

Trash talk part of soundtrack of competitive Raptors practices at Disney
Trash talk has become the soundtrack of Toronto Raptors practices at Walt Disney World. Four months after the NBA was forced to shut down due to COVID-19, the Raptors are making up for lost time with ...
Jul 16, 2020