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Reds player tests positive, 2 games with Pirates postponed
CINCINNATI - The last two games of a series between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh were called off Saturday because a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball was awaiting further te...
Aug 15, 2020
Bruins goalie Rask opts out of playoffs to be with family
Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run to be with his family. The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours ...
Aug 15, 2020
Hub City Walls wraps inaugural festival, adding splash of colour to downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A trio of downtown spaces are now adorned with beautiful works of art, courtesy the first ever Hub City Walls festival.Drastically altered due to COVID-19, organizers still pushed on with a ...
Aug 15, 2020
Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, 'Big Jim,' dies at 84
CHICAGO - Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, known as "Big Jim" during a long career that eventually made him the state's longest-serving chief executive, has died. He was 84. Thompson died short...
Aug 15, 2020
'Don't let this happen to anyone else': families seek change to border rules
OTTAWA - A decision to keep the Canada-U.S. border closed for another month has families begging for more leniency from Canadian officials on who is allowed into the country. John McCall has been tryi...
Aug 15, 2020
Ventilator supply starts to increase as Tam warns of possible surge of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Less than two per cent of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is bett...
Aug 15, 2020
New Zealand's wizard says time spent in Canada in 1952 was 'a great lesson'
Long before he became The Wizard of New Zealand, Ian Brackenbury Channell spent a year training as a Royal Air Force navigator in Manitoba learning lessons that he says gave him the wisdom to become a...
Aug 15, 2020
Cam Talbot gets shutout as Calgary Flames beat Dallas Stars 2-0 in NHL playoffs
EDMONTON - Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 35 shots for the shutout, leading the Calgary Flames to a 2-0 win over the Dallas Stars in NHL playoff action Friday. The Flames lead the best-of-seven first-...
Aug 14, 2020
PM confirms two Canadians among those killed by deadly Aug. 4 Beirut explosion
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that two Canadians are among those killed in last week's deadly explosion in Beirut. In a written statement, Trudeau offers his "deepest condo...
Aug 14, 2020
California heat spurs 1st rolling power outages since 2011
LOS ANGELES - California on Friday ordered rolling power outages for the first time since 2011 as a statewide heat wave strained its electrical system. The California Independent System Operator (Cali...
Aug 14, 2020