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Presidential politics, sidelined by pandemic, poised for Trump-fuelled comeback
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's re-election efforts appear to be showing new signs of life despite lingering concerns about whether the accelerated reopening in parts of the United States could prompt a s...
May 07, 2020
'Let's Make a Deal' asks frontline staff to join its special
NEW YORK - Wayne Brady and the folks at "Let's Make a Deal" want to honour those fighting the coronavirus - and they don't have to wear their capes if they don't want to. The CBS daytime game show tha...
May 07, 2020
Butler's prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death
NEW YORK - Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the book was called "Dawn," the story of a black woma...
May 07, 2020
US consumer borrowing fell for first time since 2011
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time in more than eight years, with the category covering credit cards dropping by the largest amount in over three decades, the Federa...
May 07, 2020
Blazers sign first pick from 2020 bantam draft
KAMLOOPS --- The Blazers have signed their first pick from last months bantam draft.Defenseman Kaden Hammell was the 19th overall pick in the draft.At 6-foot, 170 pounts, the 15-year old from Langley ...
May 07, 2020 Image credit: Blazers
La Scala opens virtual tour during coronavirus lockdown
Milan's famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & Culture, with serendipitous timing as theatres throughout ...
May 07, 2020
Ottawa adds to protections for endangered southern resident killer whales
VANCOUVER - Expanded protections for endangered southern resident killer whales off British Columbia's coast focus on contaminants, noise, physical disturbances and accessibility of chinook ...
May 07, 2020
Ottawa adds to protections for endangered southern resident killer whales
VANCOUVER - Expanded protections for endangered southern resident killer whales off British Columbia's coast focus on contaminants, noise, physical disturbances and accessibility of chinook ...
May 07, 2020
Habs star Price sends support to boys who lost parents in NS mass shooting
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has reached out to give support two boys who lost their parents during the Nova Scotia mass shooting last month Price sent a heartfelt video message to 11-yea...
May 07, 2020
UFC relying on hefty health and safety blueprint for trio of Florida shows
The UFC returns to action Saturday after a two-month absence with the first of three shows in Jacksonville, Fla. - working off a hefty health, safety and operations manual in the face of COVID-19...
May 07, 2020
