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Nominations for the 2020 Terry Fox Award
The City of Prince Albert delayed the call for nominates for the 2020 Terry Fox Award until now due to the craziness of the year!This is the 38th time the city will recognize someone under the age of ...
Oct 07, 2020
Texas high court blocks Houston plan to offer mail ballots
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 2 million Houston voters cannot receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections officials who are dramatically expanding ...
Oct 07, 2020
Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally friendly alternatives will be the first to go under...
Oct 07, 2020
Appeals court: Trump must turn over taxes to prosecutor
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that likely sets up a second trip to the U....
Oct 07, 2020
Conservatives' O'Toole says MPs can vote freely on two controversial bills
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he'll allow MPs free votes on two bills that are controversial within his party. Last week, the Liberal government reintroduced legislation to ban the pr...
Oct 07, 2020
Winnipeg Jets lock up defenceman Dylan DeMelo for four years with $12-million deal
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Dylan DeMelo to a four-year extension with an average annual value of US$3 million. The Jets acquired the 27-year-old DeMelo from the Ottawa Senator...
Oct 07, 2020
AP source: 2 more positives stops Titans' return to facility
NASHVILLE - Tennessee will not be returning to the team's facility Wednesday after two more players tested positive amid the NFL's first COVID-19 outbreak, a person familiar with the situation told Th...
Oct 07, 2020
'Saturday Night Live' has best season opener since 2016
NEW YORK - The big debate - the one between Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey - was a winner in the ratings. "Saturday Night Live" scored its biggest season premiere audience in four years and second best i...
Oct 07, 2020
Reward set as Atlanta police seek suspect in actor's death
ATLANTA - Authorities are offering a $10,000 reward as they continue to search for the person who shot actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd in Atlanta. Best known for his roles in Spike Lee films, Byrd was fou...
Oct 07, 2020
AP source: US to announce charges against British IS members
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges Wednesday against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages, a law e...
Oct 07, 2020
