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CINCINNATI - The last two games of a series between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh were called off Saturday because a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball was awaiting further te...

Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run to be with his family. The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours ...

Yard waste cleanup will be among the items on a future City Council agenda, and a recommendation that the city adds an extra round next year at a cost of $10,000.According to a report discussed at las...

A growing number of teachers in the province are pursuing collective action to refuse work, citing unsafe working conditions due to COVID-19 in response to the province's return-to-school plan.Saskatc...

The board chair of the Hutterian Safety Council is praising the work being done by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as an uptick of COVID-19 cases is seen in communal living settings."The SHA i...

CHICAGO - Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, known as "Big Jim" during a long career that eventually made him the state's longest-serving chief executive, has died. He was 84. Thompson died short...

OTTAWA - A decision to keep the Canada-U.S. border closed for another month has families begging for more leniency from Canadian officials on who is allowed into the country. John McCall has been tryi...

OTTAWA - Less than two per cent of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is bett...

Long before he became The Wizard of New Zealand, Ian Brackenbury Channell spent a year training as a Royal Air Force navigator in Manitoba learning lessons that he says gave him the wisdom to become a...

EDMONTON - Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 35 shots for the shutout, leading the Calgary Flames to a 2-0 win over the Dallas Stars in NHL playoff action Friday. The Flames lead the best-of-seven first-...