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‘Biggest financial crisis’ in team history: Roughriders brace for economic impact of COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are preparing for a $10-million deficit this year due to COVID-19.During its annual general meeting Wednesday evening, the CFL team announced that if no games are played i...
Jun 25, 2020
Numbers of large wild Atlantic salmon dipped to near historic lows in 2019
HALIFAX - A group advocating for the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon says the number of adult salmon returning to North America rivers fell to near historic lows last year. The Atlantic Salmon Fe...
Jun 25, 2020
Toronto FC confirms new long-term deal for midfielder Marky Delgado
Toronto FC confirmed Thursday that midfielder Marky Delgado has signed a new long-term contract. GM Ali Curtis had said in late April that the MLS team had reached agreement on a new deal with the 25-...
Jun 25, 2020
Bialik and Batman: Actor teams up with DC for science books
NEW YORK - "The Big Bang Theory" actor Mayim Bialik is teaming with DC Entertainment on a project that joins superhero power to the power of science. DC Entertainment announced Thursday that Bialik wi...
Jun 25, 2020
RCMP lay charges against a man in Tisdale for threatening to shoot his family
RCMP have charged a man after he threatened to harm his family.At around 1 p.m. yesterday, RCMP responded to a complaint about a man on his way to shoot people at a home in the Tisdale area.Officers f...
Jun 25, 2020
Former North Stars Sinclair, Spagrud reflect on junior careers in the Battlefords
MacGregor Sinclair and Cody Spagrud are a couple of names North Stars' fans are sure to remember fondly for some time.Together the two played a key role on not one, but two league championship teams, ...
Jun 25, 2020
U of S outlines modified approach to P.A. fall semester
It appears most students will have to wait until at least the new calendar year to enjoy the physical reality of the new, single University of Saskatchewan campus in Prince Albert's downtown. However,...
Jun 25, 2020
LGBTQ Pride at 50: Focus shifts amid pandemic, racial unrest
SCRANTON, Pa. - LGBTQ Pride is turning 50 this year a little short on its signature fanfare, after the coronavirus pandemic drove it to the internet and after calls for racial equality sparked by the ...
Jun 25, 2020
Long-awaited details of federal student service grant to be unveiled today
OTTAWA - The federal government is to launch a program today aimed at encouraging students to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19 - more than two months after first announcing it and just in time ...
Jun 25, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jun 25, 2020