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Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman
MIAMI - A Fort Lauderdale police officer was suspended after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground during Sunday protests, resulting in bottles being thrown. The officer's colleagues q...
Jun 1, 2020
West flat home threatened by fire
A garage, and two vehicles fell victim to a fire Sunday evening in Prince Albert's west flat neighbourhood. The situation though could have been far worse.Shortly before 8 p.m, the Prince Albert Fire ...
Jun 1, 2020
Conservation service dealing with dumping in local RM
There are issues with illegal dumping in a Prince Albert area rural municipality.Brett Diemert, the inspector with the Conservation Officer Service in P.A. said there are sites in and around the RM of...
Jun 1, 2020
Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart
MADRID - Spanish clubs resumed full squad training on Monday, beginning the final stage of preparations for the return to competition. Clubs will have just under two weeks of full sessions before the ...
Jun 1, 2020
Family says 'back and forth' between N.S. and Ottawa over shooting probe 'unreal'
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia family is making a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the "back and forth" over who leads a public inquiry into the p...
Jun 1, 2020
Easing restrictions and rage in the streets; In The News for June 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 1 ... --- COVID-...
Jun 1, 2020
Community groups filling gaps in translation of COVID-19 information
VANCOUVER - When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began sp...
Jun 1, 2020
Injured vets waiting twice as long as promised to learn if they qualify for aid
OTTAWA - Canadian veterans are being forced to wait on average twice as long as promised to find out whether they qualify for financial help from the government, even as the backlog of unprocessed app...
Jun 1, 2020
'It's unsettling:' Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19
CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard&n...
Jun 1, 2020
MLS players agree to concessions to return to action at Orlando tournament
TORONTO - MLS players have approved taking part in a summer tournament in Orlando, agreeing to a "package of economic concessions" for the revamped 2020 season in the process. The 26-team le...
May 31, 2020
