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Farm group calls on Ottawa to help save food sector
By Nigel Maxwell The federal government is being called upon to create an emergency fund to assist farmers and agriculture-related businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Federation of Agri...
Apr 16, 2020
Connor Hellebuyck on Jets' season: 'We had something special going'
Connor Hellebuyck felt like his Winnipeg Jets were on the cusp of something special when the COVID-19 pandemic brought their season to a screeching halt. The team's star goalie could say the same abou...
Apr 16, 2020
La Loche has first confirmed case of COVID-19
The community of La Loche has seen it's first positive test for COVID-19. On Wednesday the local government's Facebook page announced the case and provided some information. "Contact tracing is now un...
Apr 16, 2020
Former CFL star quarterback Flutie feels commissioner Ambrosie's pain
TORONTO - Doug Flutie can feel CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie's pain. Ambrosie continues to discuss potential contingency plans for the 2020 CFL season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
Apr 16, 2020
Number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan falls to 82
The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan continues to fall. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government reported there was one new confirmed case and 14 more recoveries. There...
Apr 16, 2020 Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab address the media about COVID-19 on April 15, 2020. (980 CJME)
Aliu response to KHL hiring Peters: I'm open to 2nd chances
Bill Peters is back in hockey, and Akim Aliu - the player whose racial allegations led to the former Calgary Flames coach's resignation - says he's open to people getting second chances. "Only with th...
Apr 16, 2020
'I'll never forgive him for doing any of that': La Loche shooting victim
A sense of relief for many accompanied Thursday's news that the Supreme Court of Canada would not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting in La Loche. Ran...
Apr 16, 2020 Police outside the Dene High School building in La Loche, Sask. following a shooting in January 2016. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Former Jays exec Pat Gillick remembers Damaso Garcia as good player, good person
TORONTO - Former Blue Jays executive Pat Gillick remembers former Toronto second baseman Damaso Garcia as a "very good player and a very good person." Garcia, a two-time all-star who helped the young ...
Apr 16, 2020
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide
WASHINGTON - The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to at least 22 million in just four weeks, an unprecedented collapse that has fuelled widening protests and...
Apr 16, 2020
Tokyo Olympics could cut 'extras' in face of soaring costs
Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year's postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses...
Apr 16, 2020
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