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UK government keen on EPL resuming in June, with conditions
MANCHESTER, England - The Premier League received government backing on Thursday to resume next month - if games become more accessible to fans shut out of stadiums and the world's richest soccer comp...
May 14, 2020
Premier Francois Legault says Montreal not ready to reopen schools, businesses
MONTREAL - With the COVID-19 situation in Montreal still very fragile, the Quebec government said Thursday that elementary schools in the greater Montreal area will remain closed until late August. Pr...
May 14, 2020
Ontario stage one reopening includes stores, surgeries, tennis, dog grooming
TORONTO - Ontarians will be able to go shopping, play golf or tennis, and get their dogs groomed - but not visit family - starting next week as stage one of the province's reopening kicks in, Premier ...
May 14, 2020
Beckett Cypher, 21-year-old son of Melissa Etheridge, dies
LOS ANGELES - Melissa Etheridge said Wednesday that her son Beckett Cypher has died. Etheridge released a statement saying opioid addiction was behind Cypher's death. "Today I joined the hundreds of t...
May 14, 2020
Quesnel-Hydraulic Road closed due to landslide activity
QUESNEL, B.C. - According to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure the Quesnel-Hydraulic Road will remain closed to all traffic at kilometre 20.3, due to ongoing slide activity, until furt...
May 14, 2020
Rare baby owl now being reared by its parents in unique B.C. breeding program
LANGLEY, B.C. - Members of a unique program in Langley, B.C., are celebrating the successful hatching of a northern spotted owl chick, bolstering a population that numbers fewer than 10 of the bi...
May 14, 2020
Rare baby owl now being reared by its parents in unique B.C. breeding program
LANGLEY, B.C. - Members of a unique program in Langley, B.C., are celebrating the successful hatching of a northern spotted owl chick, bolstering a population that numbers fewer than 10 of the bi...
May 14, 2020
Tsilhqot'in Nation celebrates Supreme Court dismissal of New Prosperity mine proposal
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered a death blow to the proposed New Prosperity mine in the Chilcotin south of Alexis Creek.According to a news release from the Tsilhqot'in...
May 14, 2020
Kashechewan residents return from the land as flooding risk is downgraded
OTTAWA - Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario plagued by annual spring flooding are being flown back to their community now that the threat of flooding has been downgraded. About 1,200 peop...
May 14, 2020
Toronto Zoo pivots to 'drive-thru experience' as safe alternative in COVID era
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo will be a "drive-thru experience" when it gets the green light to open its gates to visitors, a spokeswoman said Thursday, while other zoos eye numerous options as they ...
May 14, 2020
