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LETTER: ATA Local 80 President says draft curriculum "deeply flawed"
"Coulda, woulda, shoulda..."The Alberta government recently released draft copies of their new curriculum for all subjects in Grades K-6, which is the latest step in a very long process towards revisi...
Apr 01, 2021

Hulu to produce, release '1619 Project' documentary series
NEW YORK - Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ...
Apr 01, 2021

A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
PHOENIX - A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities - its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its...
Apr 01, 2021

Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality con...
Apr 01, 2021

Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies
MARIETTA, Ga. - A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man. Andreas Flaten's former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of...
Apr 01, 2021

Kenney pleads for COVID-safe activities over Easter long weekend
Premier Jason Kenney says there will be no easing of public health restrictions in Alberta for the Easter Long Weekend. "I had hoped to be able to tell you that we had turned a corner in our fight aga...
Apr 01, 2021

Woodbine CEO 'cautiously optimistic' '21 thoroughbred season will open on time
TORONTO - Jim Lawson isn't giving up on Woodbine's thoroughbred racing season starting on time. On Thursday, the Ontario government announced the province will go into a four-week, provincewide shutdo...
Apr 01, 2021

Thunder games cancelled after positive COVID-19 test
As the result of a positive COVID-19 test in the Drayton Valley Thunder cohort, the Alberta Junior Hockey League says all team activities are now suspended for the cohorts of the Thunder, Grande Prair...
Apr 01, 2021

Texas Tech: Chris Beard leaving for Texas to replace Smart
AUSTIN, Texas - The athletic director at Texas Tech said Thursday that men's basketball coach Chris Beard has informed the school he is taking the job at Texas. Beard made the decision early Thursday,...
Apr 01, 2021

Blue Jays beat Yankees 3-2 in 10th inning as fans return
NEW YORK - Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat the New York Yankee...
Apr 01, 2021