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Beaumont re-elected as World Rugby chairman, beats Pichot
Former England captain Bill Beaumont has been re-elected as World Rugby chairman on Saturday after beating Agustn Pichot, the current vice-chairman. The sport's governing body says the 68-year-old Bea...
May 02, 2020
F1 hopes to start season with double-header in Austria
PARIS - Formula One hopes to finally start the season with a double-header in the naturally isolated environment around the venue for the Austrian Grand Prix. Despite the first 10 races having been ca...
May 02, 2020
St. Jude music therapists organize backyard jams for kids
Amy Love had to leave the Memphis hospital where she brings music to severely ill children - she and other support staff couldn't take the risk of spreading COVID-19 to these frail patients. But she w...
May 02, 2020
'More vital now:' Gay-straight alliances go virtual during COVID-19 pandemic
CALGARY - Lily Overacker and Laurell Pallot start each gay-straight alliance meeting with everyone introducing themselves, saying their pronouns and sharing highs and lows of the week. Except lat...
May 02, 2020
Pinehouse teen a whiz at solving Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube has baffled and frustrated people for over 40 years, but a 13-year-old boy from the northern village of Pinehouse has mastered it. A recent video submitted for the 'Pinehouse Got Tale...
May 02, 2020 Andrew Netmaker makes impressive short work of his Rubik's Cubes. (Facebook/ Dustin Lariviere)
McPhail sole La Ronge councillor to vote against health order exemption for municipality
Coun. Jordan McPhail was the only member of La Ronge council who voted not to realign public health orders to no longer include the town. On Thursday, further restrictions were placed on the Northern ...
May 02, 2020 La Ronge is exempt from some road restrictions. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
'Invasion of privacy': Watchdogs concerned about apps tracking COVID-19 patients
VANCOUVER - Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19. New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskat...
May 02, 2020
New head of Alberta Energy Regulator wants to rebuild confidence in leadership
CALGARY - Like a sports coach coming off a disappointing season, the new head of the agency that regulates Alberta's heavily challenged energy industry knows he's got some work to do. "One (goal) is r...
May 02, 2020
PM, ministers, Tam take break from daily updates on COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his ministers and top public health officials are taking a rare break today from the daily briefings they've been providing since the COVID-19 pandemic shut dow...
May 02, 2020
Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel
A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team in a surprising loss for the defending World Cup champions but allowed their allegation of discrimin...
May 01, 2020