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Michigan governor wins legal fight with lawmakers over virus
DETROIT - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prevailed Thursday in a high-stakes challenge from Republican lawmakers who sued over her authority to declare emergencies and order sweeping restrictions during the co...
May 21, 2020
Boy, 6, cracks open robbery case by reeling in sunken safe
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. - A 6-year-old boy helped crack open a nearly decade-old robbery case when he reeled in a locked safe from the bottom of a South Carolina lake. Knox Brewer of Johns Island took up "...
May 21, 2020
Ramsay says CFLPA's focus is exhausting all options for safe 2020 CFL campaign
TORONTO - Executive director Brian Ramsay says the CFL Players' Association is focused on exhausting all options for a safe 2020 season. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie told season-ticket ho...
May 21, 2020
Hamilton Ticats defensive back Delvin Breaux undergoes thumb surgery
Hamilton Tiger-Cats cornerback Delvin Breaux had surgery on his right thumb Thursday. A club official said Breaux's operation was minor and he should have issues making a full recovery. Breaux was sup...
May 21, 2020
Toronto Wolfpack confirm signing of England international Kallum Watkins
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack completed a significant piece of business Thursday, signing England international back Kallum Watkins to a three-year deal. The move was originally announced last m...
May 21, 2020
Canada's UN envoy mounts final push for Security Council seat amid pandemic
OTTAWA - In Friday morning's early darkness, Marc-Andre Blanchard will catch his first new glimpse of New York City's sparkling skyline from behind the wheel of a modestly priced rental car. For Canad...
May 21, 2020
B.C.'s minimum wage increase of 75 cents will go ahead as planned: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia businesses devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic will still have to pay a scheduled increase in the minimum wage next month just as many are struggling to get back in operati...
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic adds risk to wildfire season: B.C. forests minister
NEW HAZELTON, B.C. - The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the danger of British Columbia's wildfire season and the province's forests minister says public help is crucial to reducin...
May 21, 2020
Hamilton changes Commonwealth Games course, shifting to a 2026 bid
Hamilton has pivoted from the pursuit of the 2030 Commonwealth Games to a potential bid for 2026. A dearth of global candidates makes the southern Ontario city a virtual slam dunk to host th...
May 21, 2020
Local legion honours victim, survivor of Snowbirds crash in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Thousands of people tuned in online Thursday to hear the sombre sound of a bugle playing the Last Post and to take a moment of pause in remembrance of the victim of a Snowbirds p...
May 21, 2020