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CP NewsAlert: Manitoba reports record COVID-19 spike, shuts some businesses
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ordering many businesses in the Winnipeg region to close after a record increase in COVID-19 cases. The province is reporting 480 new COVID-19 cases - more than d...
Oct 30, 2020
Canadian Rangers deployed to Neskantaga First Nation during water crisis, Miller says
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canadian Rangers should be on the ground in Neskantaga First Nation today. The remote community in northern Ontario has mostly been evacuated aft...
Oct 30, 2020
‘A death a day, basically:’ Saskatchewan’s overdose deaths hit nearly 300 for 2020
Saskatchewan's death-by-overdose count is reaching totals that have never been seen before in our province."We're having a death a day, basically," Jason Mercredi, executive director of Prairie Harm R...
Oct 30, 2020
Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam
New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak from resurging. The modelling indicates that at current rates of in-person socializ...
Oct 30, 2020
‘We’re going to find a way’: Ambrosie doesn’t guarantee 2021 season, but plans are being made
While CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie wouldn't definitely say the season would go ahead in 2021, he says plans are currently being thought out."I really believe that there's so much desire to play tha...
Oct 30, 2020
Hockey legend Bobby Orr endorses U.S. President Trump's re-election bid
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr has endorsed the re-election bid of United States President Donald Trump. The Boston Bruins legend took out a full-page ad in Friday's New Hampshire Union Leader, where ...
Oct 30, 2020
Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud
MONTREAL - One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said...
Oct 30, 2020
Vancouver Canucks sign depth defenceman Guillame Brisebois to one-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have added to their defensive depth, signing Guillaume Brisebois to a one-year, two-way contract. The 23-year-old from Longueuil, Que., spent last season with V...
Oct 30, 2020
No class of 2021 for Hockey Hall of Fame, will have ceremony for 2020 class instead
TORONTO - The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Friday there will be no new inductees in 2021, and the class of 2020 will be honoured in a ceremony that year instead. The 2020 inductees were scheduled to ...
Oct 30, 2020
Raider graduate Watts signs ECHL deal with Wichita Thunder
After graduating from the WHL, Brayden Watts has found a new hockey home. Watts signed with the Wichita Thunder, the ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Watts' hometown Bakersfield Condors...
Oct 30, 2020
