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Ujiri confident in restart, saying 'the NBA is a seriously well-oiled machine'
The Toronto Raptors' return to basketball has them living in an otherwise empty hotel in the Fort Myers area of Florida, a COVID-19 hotspot that has seen new cases skyrocketing. They wake up to a...
Jun 29, 2020
Sask. Polytechnic lays off 93, plans to suspend or defer upcoming programs amid pandemic
Things are going to be a lot different at Saskatchewan Polytechnic come the fall.According to the institution, some programs will be suspended or deferred this upcoming fall semester.Additionally, 93 ...
Jun 29, 2020
Local communities receive grants for traffic safety initiatives
A number of local communities will receive funding from the provincial government for a variety of traffic safety projects.The Provincial Traffic Safety Fund is providing $550,000 in grants to 50 comm...
Jun 29, 2020
Blue Jays closer to getting full approval for training in Toronto
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that "municipal, provincial and...
Jun 29, 2020
Melfort Multi-K participating in Virtual run/walk on Canada Day
The Melfort Multi-K committee is encouraging residents to get out and active on Canada Day.In partnership with the Queen City Marathon and the Provincial Capital Commission, a free run, walk, or roll ...
Jun 29, 2020
Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy
EDMONTON - Alberta is cutting business taxes and pumping $10 billion into infrastructure projects to springboard its economy out of the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prem...
Jun 29, 2020
Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism
LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...
Jun 29, 2020
Using 'face doubles,' a new doc captures an anti-LGBTQ purge
Anonymous sources in documentaries have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure - or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Tuesday on HBO has, with the aid of advan...
Jun 29, 2020
Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA - A military investigation has found the ejection seat of one of its iconic Snowbirds planes tangled with the pilot's parachute as he tried to escape from the aircraft before it crashed in the ...
Jun 29, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...
Jun 29, 2020