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Kinsmen Club donates $225K to small charities, non-profits
The Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon is used to answering the call for people in need in Saskatchewan. That need has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to club president Rob Huck. "We saw th...
Apr 14, 2020 (Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon/Facebook)
Two-time Stanley Cup winner Kris Versteeg announces retirement from NHL
TORONTO - Two-time Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg has retired after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old forward from Lethbridge, Alta., amassed 149 goals and 209 assists in 643 regular-season games, a...
Apr 14, 2020
NASCAR's Larson fired after sponsors walk over N-word slur
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As sponsor after sponsor dropped Kyle Larson after he used a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race, his NASCAR team owner was backed into a corner. Chip Ganassi could let M...
Apr 14, 2020
NHL extends self-quarantine recommendation through April 30 due to COVID-19
NEW YORK - The NHL has extended its self-quarantine recommendation for an additional 15 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced Tuesday that the recommendation, which applies to player...
Apr 14, 2020
Compared to U.S., Canada’s COVID-19 response a case study in political civility
WASHINGTON - In the time of the novel coronavirus, Canada and the United States seem to be playing to type: The friendly apologizers of the Great White North coming together against a common enemy, Am...
Apr 14, 2020
Transition houses concerned about domestic violence during isolation
Domestic violence shelters across Saskatchewan are taking steps to help people who are not safe to stay isolated at home with their abusers. Jo-Anne Dusel is the executive director of the Provincial A...
Apr 14, 2020
IMF: Global economy will suffer worst year since Depression
WASHINGTON (AP) - Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its lat...
Apr 14, 2020
Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to ‘Do What You Can’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus qua...
Apr 14, 2020
Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for another Olympic postponement
TOKYO - There is no "Plan B" for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said Tuesday. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, ...
Apr 14, 2020
Tour de France postponed, could start in late August
PARIS - After weeks of holding out hope that the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned, the world's most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events postponed by...
Apr 14, 2020
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