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Caroline teacher nominated for Edwin Parr Award
Wild Rose School Division has announced Jadeyn Leenstra as its nominee for the Zone 4 Edwin Parr Award.The award is handed out each year to first-year teachers who show exemplary dedication and commit...
Mar 31, 2021
A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field
CALGARY - A capsule look at the 14 countries competing in the April 2-11 BKT Tires and OK Tires Men's World Curling Championship in Calgary (skips listed with each country). Teams listed in alphabetic...
Mar 31, 2021
EU says 'no evidence' to restrict use of AstraZeneca vaccine
BERLIN - The head of the European Medicines Agency said Wednesday that there is "no evidence" that would support restricting use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in any population, as Germany has ...
Mar 31, 2021
Coldplay, Jorja Smith to play virtual Glastonbury gig in May
LONDON - This year the Glastonbury Festival is going online. Organizers said Wednesday that they will stage a one-day livestreamed concert on May 22 at Worthy Farm in southwest England, home to the an...
Mar 31, 2021
PBO sees $363 billion deficit, warns of pitfalls from Liberals' promised stimulus
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic should send the deficit to $363.4 billion. In a report this morning, budget officer Yves Giroux says the defi...
Mar 31, 2021
Reversing Trump, Pentagon to release new transgender policy
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Wednesday will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical...
Mar 31, 2021
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor's mask mandate
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate Wednesday, stripping the governor of one of his last remaining tools to curb large-scale spre...
Mar 31, 2021
New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana
New Yorkers can now possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, while sales of recreational-use marijuana won't become legal for an estimated 18...
Mar 31, 2021
UConn's Paige Bueckers is AP women's player of the year
SAN ANTONIO - Paige Bueckers is in a class all by herself. UConn's star guard became the first freshman ever to win The Associated Press women's basketball player of the year award Wednesday. Bueckers...
Mar 31, 2021
Canada's Bottcher prepares to battle for another curling title in Calgary's bubble
CALGARY - Canada's top curlers competed in Calgary for over a month without a COVID-19 outbreak among them. The world's most talented men in the sport have now entered the bubble. The 2021 BK Tires an...
Mar 31, 2021