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The pros and cons for Canadian cities interested in being hubs for fan-free NHL games

As the NHL looks for ways to salvage its regular season that was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic, one option on the table is for a select group of so-called hub cities to host all the games. Three Canadian cities have expressed interest in the role.



  • Sports/Hockey/NHL

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Golf courses aiming for 'touchless experience' as they begin to open across Canada

While many parts of our economy remain shuttered and other sports continue to wait for the go ahead to resume play, courses in all 10 provinces will soon be open for business.




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CFL's 2020 season likely to be wiped out, commissioner Randy Ambrosie says

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the most likely scenario for the league is a cancelled 2020 season during the COVID-19 pandemic.



  • Sports/Football/CFL

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COC's David Shoemaker discusses how $72 million in federal aid will be used on Canadian sport

The Canadian Olympic Committee CEO talks about state of Canadian sport during COVID-19 and how funding will help keep sport organizations afloat.




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Winnipeg woman focusing on body positivity after being targeted by hockey players' misogynistic slurs

A Winnipeg woman who was a subject of misogynistic comments in a private group chat involving NHL players said she will continue her campaign of encouraging body acceptance.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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The Bobby Orr flying goal like you've never seen it before

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the most famous goal in NHL History, Rob Pizzo breaks down why it is still being talked about today.




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All NHL players must follow quarantine orders before resuming season, Trudeau says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that players would — at a minimum — need to follow quarantine protocols if they were to arrive in Canada while the border remains closed due to the pandemic.




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Play ball! Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums

The country’s professional soccer leagues will kick off Friday, also without spectators in the stadiums.




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Is Herd Immunity Our Best Weapon Against COVID-19?

In the long run, it could protect us from future COVID-19 outbreaks. To get there, we need an effective vaccine.




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What’s the Difference Between Sourdough Starter and Yeast?

If both can make a dough rise, why does your dough recipe call for both?




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The Psychological Benefits of Picking Up a Hobby

Even if you’re brand new to a hobby, it doesn’t have to take long before the activity can soothe you.




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The Best New Songs of May 2020, from Kehlani to Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande

Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande team up





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Kentucky banned 'Fortnite' from esports because of guns but swords and lasers are fine

Kentucky high schools have banned popular video game "Fortnite" from esports competitions, but other games that don't involve gun play are allowed.

      




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No, Microsoft won't necessarily be serving up new Xbox for Thanksgiving

Despite a mistaken notice about a Thanksgiving release, the new Xbox will come out this holiday season -- also when the PlayStation 5 is due.

      




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Video games can be a healthy social pastime during coronavirus pandemic

At the behest of the World Health Organization, video game companies are promoting hand washing, physical distancing during the coronavirus crisis.

      




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Up close and sensational: the best monologues made during lockdown

From love triangles to the bond between mothers and daughters, performers step into the relationships minefield

The beady-eyed character of Iseult Golden’s monologue could be an Alan Bennett creation: steely and unsentimental, she speaks her mind smartingly in a video message to her daughter who refuses to talk to her. Her tone is spiky at first but Marion O’Dwyer’s wry, understated delivery gives the drama a quietly pained depth. Part of the Abbey theatre’s monumental series Dear Ireland, it captures the bristling complexities of love between mothers and daughters in eight bittersweet minutes.

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For too many Britons, Boris Johnson's easing of lockdown will be no picnic | Polly Toynbee

Despite everything, the Tory party is sticking to the ideology of the free market, rather than saving lives and jobs

“How on earth did it come to this?” Keir Starmer’s question could skewer Boris Johnson at every PMQs from now on. It encompasses all the damage the government did in the last decade, as well as all it has failed to do to protect the country from Covid-19. The list of derelictions in the early stage of the crisis is long, the testing and the protective equipment still shamefully inadequate. Have lessons been learned? The auguries are not good.

Related: Picnics and sunbathing on cards as PM expected to allow more time outside

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Blinded by the light: Alberta town hopes flashing beacons will deter geese

A small Alberta town’s attempt to discourage geese from too getting comfortable there took flight about six weeks ago, but it’s getting mixed reviews and ruffling some feathers.



  • News/Canada/Calgary

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More users needed: Lessons from Alberta's coronavirus contact tracing app

Alberta's use of a smartphone app to help slow the spread of the coronavirus may provide other provinces with insight on what to do — and what to avoid — as Canada begins easing restrictions, heightening the need for effective contact tracing.



  • News/Technology & Science

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Scrubbed birds ready to take flight after touching down on Alberta oilsands tailings pond

A small flock of shorebirds contaminated with oil after touching down on a northern Alberta tailings pond is expected to be released back into the wild within a week.



  • News/Canada/Edmonton

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Icebergs and whales galore! Take a virtual tour of Bonavista Bay

Whale and iceberg season has come early, but the local tourism industry has been forced to press pause.



  • News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador

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Thought to be extinct, Beothuk DNA is still present in N.L. families, genetics researcher finds

A St. John’s genetics specialist has found DNA connections that link the long-vanished Beothuk people to contemporary people, almost two centuries after the last known Beothuk died. 



  • News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador

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Quebec police investigating possible link between cell tower fires and 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories

Quebec provincial police are investigating whether at least two cellphone tower fires north of Montreal could be linked to conspiracy theories that 5G wireless technology caused the coronavirus pandemic.




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Tiger King: Producer accuses Joe Exotic of 'shooting animals just because he was pissed off'

TV star's also claimed to have fed a peacock he killed to his pets




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The Graham Norton Show: Which celebrity guests will be interviewed from coronavirus lockdown?

Handful of stars will be interviewed live from their living rooms




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Better off dead: Can someone please put Killing Eve out of its misery?

The smash serial killer comedy returns to the BBC with an 'exasperatingly average' third series, leaving our arts columnist Fiona Sturges wishing it would bite the dust




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Brews Brothers review: What promised to be a quirky microbrew has come out as a flat lager

The tone of this half-hour comedy is part odd-couple, part hipster satire and part gross-out – but it stops short of taking any risks




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Friends reunion special won't be available when HBO Max launches

Coronavirus pandemic has caused production shutdowns and delays




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Michael Sheen's 'chaotic' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire re-enactment leaves Graham Norton Show viewers in stitches

'This has made the lockdown worthwhile'




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Tiger King new episode released by Netflix after show becomes Stranger Things-sized hit

It features many faces from the hit documentary




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Tiger King: Carole Baskin says she's receiving death threats because of Netflix show

She accused hit Netflix show of 'betrayal' in first interview since it began




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Tiger King's head zookeeper Erik Cowie says Joe Exotic should not be a free man: 'He's gonna die in prison – good riddance'

Cowie doesn't hold back in aftershow that's just been released on Netflix




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Pen15 perfectly portrays the absolute carnage of being a teenage girl

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play lightly fictionalised versions of their 13-year-old selves in this cathartic comedy, writes Annabel Nugent




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Robert Webb was 'two days from death' during secret alcohol battle

Webb's drinking had exacerbated an undiagnosed heart murmur




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Killing Eve writer explains shocking death in season 3 premiere: 'Beloved characters inevitably die'

This article contains major spoilers for the first episode of 'Killing Eve' series three




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Quiz: The true story of the 'coughing major' and the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? scandal

As a new drama about the 'most British crime of all time' arrives on ITV, here's a reminder of Charles and Diana Ingram's notorious quiz show appearance and their trial for conspiring to cheat




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Ugly Betty, 10 years on: the Noughties show that struck a blow against TV's beauty myth

The adaptation of a Colombian telenovela, starring America Ferrera as braces-wearing fashion industry wannabe Betty Suarez, reversed the trend that everyone in television has to be glamorous, says Isobel Lewis, and it was a great show too




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Tom Hardy to take over CBeebies with week of Bedtime Stories, BBC announces

Actor returns with his beloved dog for kids channel's 'Tom Hardy week'




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Joe Cole left Peaky Blinders because 'it's Cillian Murphy's show'

The 31-year-old is set to star in new Sky drama Gangs of London




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Quiz: Michael Sheen 'angry' after ITV announcer gets his name wrong before episode 2

'The least you can do is get my name right in your trailers,' Chris Tarrant actor said




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'Quiz': How 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' became a huge hit in the US before burning out

As 'Quiz', James Graham's dramatisation of the 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' coughing scandal, airs to rave reviews in the UK, Clémence Michallon explores the game show's turbulent history in the US




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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: How many people won the top prize and what was the £1m question?

Test your knowledge




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Quiz: How many of Charles Ingram's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire questions can you answer correctly?

As ITV's three-part miniseries Quiz recreates Ingram's scandalous quiz show victory – are you able to get all the the answers right without cheating?




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Devs review: Alex Garland's hugely ambitious sci-fi series is thoughtful and jarringly beautiful

While this drama set in a shadowy San Francisco tech start-up is wonderful to look at, its plot and character development are a little shaky




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Saved by the Bell: First trailer for reboot of classic sitcom released

Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley and Mark-Paul Gosselaar are among the show's returning cast members




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Ben Fogle criticises 'mean-spirited' people who mocked call for Britons to sing for the Queen

TV presenter's idea has been compared to Gal Gadot's star-studded coronavirus singalong video, which viewers labelled 'out-of-touch'




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Quiz: Chris Tarrant reveals his 'beef' with ITV drama about Charles Ingram scandal

Former 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' host did not like the way 'Quiz' suggested the Ingrams could be innocent




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Normal People: First-look clip released from BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney's best-selling novel

New clip gives viewers a sense of what the much-anticipated series will be like