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CP NewsAlert: Raptors game postponed, but NBA plans to resume playoffs: AP source
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors' playoff game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night has been postponed in the aftermath of a weekend police shooting in Wisconsin, but the NBA says ...
Aug 27, 2020
Hunters asked to be fire aware this fall
After a rainy start to the year across the province, things have dried out over the last month which has created an elevated wildfire risk as hunting season arrives.As hunters head out on the land, th...
Aug 27, 2020
Virtual Terry Fox Run planned for Prince Albert in 2020
Despite the challenges and restrictions posed this year by COVID-19, the journey Terry Fox started 40 years ago to raise awareness about cancer and support for research, will not be disrupted.Organize...
Aug 27, 2020
Sask. first-quarter budget update projects deficit of $2.1B in 2020-21
The Government of Saskatchewan is projecting a $2.1-billion deficit for 2020-21 in its first-quarter budget update.That's $296 million better than was predicted in the provincial budget released in Ju...
Aug 27, 2020
Canada's Woods expects 2020 version of Tour de France to be mentally draining
Delayed due to the global pandemic but still taking place under the spectre of COVID-19, this year's Tour de France promises to be like no other. The 21-stage, 3,484-kilometre race starts Saturda...
Aug 27, 2020
Hockey Diversity Alliance asks NHL to suspend Thursday's playoff games
A group advocating for diversity in hockey is calling for the NHL to suspend Thursday's playoff games in the aftermath of a police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last wee...
Aug 27, 2020
Democrats deploy Harris in hopes of upstaging Trump's convention finale
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will close out his party's national convention tonight by basking in the Republican limelight - but one of his Democrat rivals hopes to spoil the celebration. Sen. Kamala Har...
Aug 27, 2020
Canadian players avoid seeded opponents in first round of the US Open
NEW YORK - Three of five Canadians are seeded and the two others won't face seeded players in the opening round of the U.S. Open next week. The draw was unveiled Thursday. The tournament is scheduled ...
Aug 27, 2020
Bill Blair says prison segregation oversight panel will get the data it needs
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is stepping in to ensure an advisory panel tasked with overseeing the segregation of federal inmates will get the data it needs to do its job. Anth...
Aug 27, 2020
Indigenous-led alert system for N.S. Mi'kmaq communities ready to roll out
CAPE BRETON, N.S. - A new alert system that will issue emergency messages to residents in five Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq communities is the first of its kind among Indigenous people...
Aug 27, 2020