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Ida blamed for several nursing home resident deaths
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Four nursing home residents died after Hurricane Ida, but full details of their deaths are unknown because state health inspectors said Thursday that they were turned away from...
Sep 02, 2021

Mitchell resumes practising with Calgary Stampeders after coming off injured list
And now the waiting begins for Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders. The veteran starter resumed practising with the CFL club Thursday, a day after it took Mitchell off the six-game injured lis...
Sep 02, 2021

Toronto FC midfielder Noble Okello fined by MLS disciplinary committee
Toronto FC midfielder Noble Okello has been fined by the MLS disciplinary committee for "failure to leave the field in a timely manner" after being sent off in the fifth minute of TFC's 3-1 loss to CF...
Sep 02, 2021

Redblacks host Alouettes in matchup of two teams with a lot to prove
Ottawa Redblacks head coach Paul LaPolice is not a patient man by his own admission, and with his team struggling offensively change could be inevitable. The Redblacks (1-2-0) will play their first ga...
Sep 02, 2021

Quebec judge rules boy, 12, can get COVID-19 vaccine despite father's opposition
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge says a mother is allowed to have her 12-year-old son vaccinated against COVID-19 despite the father's opposition. In a judgment rendered last week, Justice Ali...
Sep 02, 2021

Melfort Arts Council to host AGM, looking for more members
The Melfort Arts Council is looking to fill a couple of positions on the board at their upcoming annual general meeting (AGM).Members of the newly rebranded council set up at Community Connections on ...
Sep 02, 2021

COVID numbers continue to rise with another 267 new cases of COVID-19, one reported death
Another 267 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported today in the province, including another 145 in northern zones of the province.The new cases in Northern Saskatchewan today are located in the...
Sep 02, 2021

Jagmeet Singh's custom poutine truck loses wheel on way to pre-debate photo op
MONTREAL - Jagmeet Singh's pre-debate photo op hit a bump in the road Thursday - rather, a hole - after the NDP leader's custom poutine truck lost a wheel on the way to a Montreal event. The NDP was f...
Sep 02, 2021

Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' jabs, flips Asian American film cliches
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Like a lot of Asian actors, Simu Liu has played the nameless guy who can do martial arts but inevitably loses out to a more skilled white guy. It was one of his very first stunt job...
Sep 02, 2021

OHL suspends controversial Canadiens draft pick Logan Mailloux
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has suspended Montreal Canadiens first-round draft pick Logan Mailloux indefinitely for violating the league's expectation for appropriate conduct by a player. The ...
Sep 02, 2021