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Blue Jays hovering around playoff cutline at midway point of shortened season
An expanded playoff structure for the truncated 2020 baseball season has given the Toronto Blue Jays more reason to focus on the present as well as the future. The team's overhaul took over three year...
Aug 28, 2020
Candle Lake and Lakeland voters head to the polls
If interest so far is anything to go by, officials in the Resort Village of Candle Lake are expecting a busy day at the polls Saturday. The election features a two-person race for mayor and 11 contend...
Aug 28, 2020
Sentencing hearing underway for reputed gang leader in Surrey Six shootings
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has begun hearing victim impact statements at a sentencing hearing today for reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon. Bacon pleaded guilty to one count of conspira...
Aug 28, 2020
Winning Oilers 50/50 raffle ticket worth $7M picked after weeks of delay
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation has finally announced the winning ticket for Aug. 7's record-breaking 50/50 raffle. The winning number is A-37051557. The lucky winner will take hom...
Aug 28, 2020
JK Rowling returns award from group linked to Kennedy family
LONDON - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she is returning an award from a human rights group linked to the Kennedy family after the president of the organization criticized her comments about tr...
Aug 28, 2020
TikTok celebrities criminally charged after LA house parties
LOS ANGELES - TikTok celebrities Bryce Hall and Blake Gray are facing criminal charges after they hosted recent parties in the Hollywood Hills despite the city's ban on large gatherings during the cor...
Aug 28, 2020
Province records two new cases of COVID-19, 16 new recoveries
There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province and 16 more recoveries. The provincial total is now at 1,611. Of the total cases, 44 are considered active, 20 of which are in communal li...
Aug 28, 2020
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote
WASHINGTON - The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday. The com...
Aug 28, 2020
No safety OK for Max 8 aircraft until all issues resolved, Garneau says
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Boeing's Max 8 aircraft won't be allowed to fly in Canadian skies until officials believe all safety concerns have been addressed. He says in a ...
Aug 28, 2020
'There is a communication problem': back-to-school headaches in Quebec
MONTREAL - A private high school on Montreal's south shore sent an entire Grade 7 class home this week after a parent of one of the students called in to say he had tested positive for ...
Aug 28, 2020
