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German soccer's Bundesliga given OK to resume in May
BERLIN - The Bundesliga can resume playing this month, ending a two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a loosening of a range of containment...
May 06, 2020
Canada to do millionth COVID-19 test but numbers still falling short
OTTAWA - Canada is on track to complete its millionth test for COVID-19 sometime in the next 24 hours even as the country's biggest province continues to struggle to hit its own testing targ...
May 06, 2020
New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday finalized campus sexual assault rules that bolster the rights of the accused, reduce legal liabilities for schools and colleges, and narrow the scope of case...
May 06, 2020
With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns
GRETNA, La. - More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their own speed ...
May 06, 2020
10th Annual Pine Needle Mountain Bike and Music Festival Cancelled for 2020
It's a tough decision, but a necessary one. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the10th Annual Pine Needle Mountain Bike and Music Festival will have to wait until next year. Mark your calendars....we have s...
May 06, 2020
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oilsands over COVID concerns
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of environmental monitoring requirements for companies in the oilsands. The suspensions have been granted over public health concerns...
May 06, 2020
Community Cares Kitchen to be Providing Brown Bag Lunches for Students
Community Cares Kitchen has partnered with Prince Albert Grand Council Urban Services, Sask Rivers Public School Division, Prince Albert Outreach and Prince Albert Food Bank and INDIGital Sask to brin...
May 06, 2020
New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic
NEW YORK - As the coronavirus spread in March, poet Ada Limon struggled at first to write, feeling "flattened and silenced" by a pandemic that had shut down much of the world she knew. "I could call n...
May 06, 2020
Community Clean-Up Wards 1 and 2
Community cleanup for wards 1,2 will be May 4th-9th at St. Michaels church parking lot located at 1505-13th st west.Clean up will be from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Dumpsters will be there for public u...
May 06, 2020
Pharmacists receiving short shipments as drug shortage continues
OTTAWA - The Canadian Pharmacists Association says ongoing drug shortages mean pharmacies are receiving short shipments from manufacturers, leaving them to try to adjust on the fly. The association fi...
May 06, 2020
