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Day 16 of postponed 2020 Season!
On paper it looked perfect. I would work the midnight shift at the RCMP, get off at 8 am, go home, change and go sit in Mosaic and watch training camp and try to figure out who was looking good and wh...
Jun 02, 2020
Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, dies at 74
WASHINGTON - Wes Unseld, the workmanlike Hall of Fame centre who led Washington to its only NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest players in league history, died Tuesday after a serie...
Jun 02, 2020
F1 will start with 2 races at the Austrian GP in July
PARIS - Formula One will finally get underway with back-to-back races at the Austrian Grand Prix in July as part of an eight-race European swing. The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg will host races on July...
Jun 02, 2020
P.A. plastic bags ban suspended during pandemic
Plastic bags have been granted a temporary reprieve by the City of Prince Albert.On Monday night, city council voted unanimously to put enforcement of their bylaw banning plastic checkout bags on hold...
Jun 02, 2020
Joint federal-provincial inquiry into N.S. mass shooting a good option: top expert
HALIFAX - As pressure mounts on the federal and Nova Scotia governments to call an inquiry into one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, the country's leading scholar on inqu...
Jun 02, 2020
Indian metropolis of Mumbai braces for rare cyclone
NEW DELHI - A cyclone in the Arabian Sea was barrelling toward India's business capital Mumbai on Tuesday, threatening to deliver high winds and flooding to an area already struggling with the nation'...
Jun 02, 2020
China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genet...
Jun 02, 2020
DC Episcopal bishop: 'I am outraged' by Trump church visit
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington sharply criticized President Donald Trump for staging a visit to the historic St. John's Church across from the White House, where he held up a Bible ...
Jun 02, 2020
7 states, DC vote amid coronavirus pandemic, social unrest
Voters are being asked to navigate curfews, health concerns and a sharp increase in mail balloting on Tuesday as elections take place from Maryland to Montana. Four states were originally scheduled to...
Jun 02, 2020
World outrage grows at Floyd's death; EU 'shocked, appalled'
BRUSSELS - World outrage at George Floyd's death in the U.S. was growing Tuesday as the European Union's top diplomat said the bloc was "shocked and appalled" by it and thousands marched in Australia'...
Jun 02, 2020
