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Saskatchewan Polytechnic Indigenous courses
Sask Polytech launches two new Indigenous courses during National Indigenous History Month Situated on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories, and Homeland of the Mtis people, Saskatchewan Polytechnic is c...
Jun 30, 2020
NewsAlert: CP Women's Open cancelled for 2020; Shaughnessy still host in 2021
The 2020 CP Women's Open has been cancelled. The Canadian women's professional golf championship was scheduled for the first week of September at Vancouver's Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club. Organ...
Jun 30, 2020
Trade experts urge heads-up approach for businesses as USMCA comes into force
WASHINGTON - Experts are urging businesses across North America to keep their heads up and their eyes open as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement comes into force this week. U.S. trade ambassador Robert ...
Jun 30, 2020
Carl Reiner, beloved creator of 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' dies
NEW YORK - Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a "second banana" to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy's front ranks as creator of "The Dick Van Dyke Sh...
Jun 30, 2020
Council approves alley curfew bylaw
Prince Albert city council has voted to implement a curfew in the city's back alleys. Despite hearing repeated concerns from critics who say the bylaw could contribute to racial profiling and discrimi...
Jun 30, 2020
World Rugby cancels rest of Sevens Series, Canada women finish 3rd and men 8th
World Rugby has cancelled the remaining rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series due to the global pandemic, awarding New Zealand the men's and women's titles based on the existing standings. Join...
Jun 30, 2020
Statistics Canada says economy posted record 11.6 per cent plunge in April
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy saw its largest monthly drop on record in April as it came to a near standstill due to the pandemic, but early indications point to a rebound in May as busi...
Jun 30, 2020
'White power' flare-up in retirement haven reveals tensions
THE VILLAGES, Fla. - There has always been a low-boil tension in The Villages retirement community between the Republican majority and the much smaller cohort of Democrats, but a veneer of good manner...
Jun 30, 2020
Paris police react to report of armed man at shopping centre
Paris police say checks are being carried out at a popular shopping centre near La Defence business district after a witness reported seeing a man carrying a gun. Police said that they could not immed...
Jun 30, 2020
Iran journalist who fueled 2017 protests sentenced to death
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran sentenced a once-exiled journalist to death over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests that began at the end of 2017, authorities said Tuesday. Ruhollah ...
Jun 30, 2020
