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15th Give a Little Life Day raises over $590,000 for new NICU
It had a different, virtual, and socially distanced feel to it, but the 15th Annual Give A Little Life Day Radiothon still raised one of its best totals ever.A grand total of $592,563 was raised to fu...
Dec 04, 2020
Calgary featherweight Hakeem Dawodu to fight on UFC 257 card featuring Conor McGregor
TORONTO - Calgary featherweight (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu will face Shane (Hurricane) Burgos at UFC 257 on Jan. 23. It's a high-profile card given it marks the return of Conor McGregor, the former UFC feat...
Dec 04, 2020
Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio handed one-game suspension, fine for violent conduct
TORONTO - Midfielder Jonathan Osorio has been handed a one-game suspension and undisclosed fine for violent conduct in Toronto FC's 1-0 playoff loss to Nashville SC. Hacked to the ground in the 32nd m...
Dec 04, 2020
Prince Albert sees large increase of board game sales during pandemic
Families across Saskatchewan are spending more time together than ever before due to the current pandemic. A big question for many of those families is, what do we do? The answer to that question for ...
Dec 04, 2020
Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets
MEXICO CITY - Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio - salsa, cumbia, ranchera - bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City's Ajusco Medio hospital, which is operating well...
Dec 04, 2020
Canadian men to open 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign against Bermuda in March
Canada will open its 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign March 25 at home to Bermuda, the first of a possible 20 matches the Canadian men will have to play if they are to book their ticket to Qatar. Th...
Dec 04, 2020
Ex-MP says no 'backroom' dealings involved in subcontract for 10,000 ventilators
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP whose medical company was subcontracted as part of a $237-million ventilator deal with the federal government says no "backroom" business factored into the agreement. Fran...
Dec 04, 2020
Guhle stuck in hotel room during Team Canada juniors selection camp
Like any hockey player, Prince Albert Raider defenceman Kaiden Guhle is honoured to be in the Team Canada's selection camp for the upcoming 2021 IIHF World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Red Dee...
Dec 04, 2020
Black federal public servants file lawsuit alleging systemic discrimination
OTTAWA - A group of current and former Black federal workers has filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, alleging systemic discrimination in how it hired and promoted thousands of...
Dec 04, 2020
Wayward wallaroo rescued from river after chase in Illinois
PERU, Ill. - Police in Peru, Illinois, are no strangers to chases - unless what they're after hops away on two legs. Officers in the city about 95 miles (152 kilometres) southwest of Chicago were join...
Dec 04, 2020
