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Victim in police encounter had started new life in Minnesota
Before he died after being pinned for minutes beneath a Minneapolis police officer's knee, George Floyd was suffering the same fate as millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: out of wor...
May 27, 2020
CFL informs member clubs its allowing limited access to team facilities
TORONTO - The CFL is allowing its teams to reopen their fitness facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league sent a memo to its member clubs Wednesday allowing local players to partic...
May 27, 2020
Cheyenne Frontier Days cancelled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The As...
May 27, 2020
More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020
Local docuseries connects community and business
A locally produced docuseries is garnering a lot of positive attention from the public.'The Pursuit of Life: A Return to Community' is the brainchild of videographer Lucas Chudleigh and some of his lo...
May 27, 2020
Leon Draisaitl puts his name in the Raider record books
Leon Draisaitl continues to blaze trails as his NHL career is only starting to heat up. Draisaitl became the first-ever German-born player and first Prince Albert Raiders alumnus to win the NHL Art Ro...
May 27, 2020
Don't make Kovrig suffer over Meng, says detained Canadian's boss
OTTAWA - The boss of one of the two Canadians imprisoned in China says he doesn't want the People's Republic to subject them to repercussions because today's court ruling went against i...
May 27, 2020
Deaf, hard-of-hearing Canadians ask for greater support during COVID-19 pandemic
Members of Canada's deaf and hard-of-hearing communities say they are among the many disabled residents feeling shut out by various aspects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They say many aspe...
May 27, 2020
Two additional deaths from COVID-19 brings provincial total to 10
The province has recorded two additional deaths from COVID-19 in the Far North region. One person was an individual in their 80s and the other was a person in their 60s.A total of 10 people have died ...
May 27, 2020
A look at Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - Some facts about Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou: The company: Huawei was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei. The 75-year-old is Meng's father. The company is based in the tech hub of Sh...
May 27, 2020
