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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jun 30, 2020
Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning composer, dies
NEW YORK - Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer, arranger and musician who worked on albums by Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and many others and whose songwriting credits included "The ...
Jun 30, 2020
Experts dismiss dealer's claim to have long-lost Kahlo work
MADRID - Scholars in the work of surrealist Frida Kahlo have searched for more than six decades for "The Wounded Table," a 1940 oil painting illuminating her pain over the breakup of her marriage to m...
Jun 30, 2020
Saskatchewan posts $319M deficit in the wake of COVID-19
The provincial government says the final results for the 2019-20 fiscal year show a $319-million deficit.In a release, the government said that's attributable to a steep revenue decline in the fourth ...
Jun 30, 2020
Order restricting entry to Canada extended to July 31 as COVID-19 worries remain
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has extended tight rules barring most foreign travellers from entering Canada until the end of July as part of efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. The restr...
Jun 30, 2020
Winnipeg woman sentenced in U.S. for trying to get chemical weapon off dark web
PEMBINA, N.D. - A Winnipeg woman has been sentenced to six years in the United States for trying to purchase a toxin off the dark web. Sijie Liu, who is 37, was sentenced in a U.S. District Court...
Jun 30, 2020
Alberta businesswoman named lieutenant-governor, first Muslim in role in Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named business owner and philanthropist Salma Lakhani as Alberta's new lieutenant-governor. When she formally takes over the role, Lakhani will become Canada...
Jun 30, 2020
Airbus shedding 15,000 jobs, mostly in Europe
PARIS - Battered by the coronavirus pandemic, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said Tuesday that it must eliminate 15,000 jobs, mostly in Europe, to safeguard its future and warned of more thin y...
Jun 30, 2020
Canadians Desiree Scott, Nichelle Prince out of Challenge Cup for personal reasons
Desiree Scott has joined fellow Canadian international Nichelle Prince in dropping out of the NWSL Challenge Cup for personal reasons. Their two teams faced off Tuesday in the tournament in Utah. Prin...
Jun 30, 2020
Deer shot illegally near LeRoy
This story contains graphic content.The Saskatchewan Turn in Poachers (TIP) line is looking for help to solve the shooting of a white-tailed buck.Humboldt conservation officers received a call on the ...
Jun 30, 2020