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"Tampa Bay Raptaneers" set to tip off bizarre regular season against Pelicans
Before team president Masai Ujiri placed the lucky toonie in the Raptors' new practice floor, the team president held it aloft and said: "This is for the Tampa Bay Raptaneers." The joke was a referenc...
Dec 22, 2020
Louis Vuitton yoga mat made of leather draws Hindu complaint
BOSTON - A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it "hugely insensitive." Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Soc...
Dec 22, 2020
Canada and United Kingdom make stopgap deal to avert tariffs after Brexit
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada and Britain have agreed not to raise tariffs on each other's goods when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union at the end of the mont...
Dec 22, 2020
Riders sign Nick Marshall to one-year extension
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be bringing back on of their top players in the secondary in 2021.Defensive back Nick Marshall signed a one-year extension that will keep him in green and white for t...
Dec 22, 2020
Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce develops training and employment network
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has developed the Training and Employment Network (TEN) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.A dozen chambers in the province are participating in the program that...
Dec 22, 2020
Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping
WASHINGTON - A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to t...
Dec 22, 2020
Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping
WASHINGTON - A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to t...
Dec 22, 2020
Three deaths, 181 new cases of COVID-19 and 223 recoveries
The province has announced three people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.All three deaths were in the 80+ age group. One in the North West zone and two in the Regina zone.There are 181 new c...
Dec 22, 2020
'He was hearing voices': arsonist receives 15-month jail sentence
The man responsible for setting a number of fires in Prince Albert's west flat neighbourhood last spring, has received a 15-month jail sentence.Jared Custer, 24, appeared via video Monday afternoon at...
Dec 22, 2020
No guarantee of privacy breach in year-old eHealth malware attack
A year after a malware attack shut down the province's eHealth branch, the province is warning residents that private health information may have been breached.eHealth is the company that manages elec...
Dec 22, 2020
