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Former CFL president disagrees with 2020 Grey Cup decision
Bill Baker doesn't agree with the CFL's decision to do away with this year's Grey Cup in Regina.The former player and CFL president believes as the league tries to make its way through the uncertainty...
May 27, 2020
Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto vying to be NHL hubs, but there's a catch
Tim Shipton lets out a deep breath. A laugh quickly follows. The Edmonton Oilers senior vice-president of communications and government relations is pondering a question about how long ...
May 27, 2020
Former UFC fighter Sam Stout mourns sudden death of baby daughter
TORONTO - Former UFC fighter Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout is mourning the death of his one-month-old daughter. "Most of you already know that we lost Sydney Love Stout in her sleep the night before last...
May 27, 2020
Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on South Carolina's coast Wednesday morning shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year's Atlantic hurri...
May 27, 2020
SpaceX ready to launch NASA astronauts, back on home turf
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A SpaceX rocket is ready to boost two NASA astronauts into orbit Wednesday, the first launch of Americans from the U.S. in nearly a decade. Liftoff is set for 4:33 p.m. EDT from...
May 27, 2020
Local fire department growing its ranks
Buckland Fire and Rescue is looking to recruit some more firefighters.Chief Garry Schrader said they need to add some more people to the department because it can be a busier time of year. "It's summe...
May 27, 2020
Swift firings for Minneapolis officers in death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS - To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was ho...
May 27, 2020
COVID-19 rent aid for businesses, landlords to cost $520 million, PBO says
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog estimates a federal program aimed at giving small businesses a break on their rent could cost the public purse $520 million this fiscal year. Budget officer Yve...
May 27, 2020
Search continues for missing N.L. fisherman Wednesday after three bodies found
ST. LAWRENCE, N.L. - The search for a fisherman missing since Monday evening is continuing off the south coast of Newfoundland today after the bodies of three others from the lost vessel were rec...
May 27, 2020
Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1
More than half of Canada's national parks - including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia - are to reopen June 1. M...
May 27, 2020
