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Approval from Health Canada crucial for CFL in quest for federal money
TORONTO - The CFL's quest for federal funding in order to stage an abbreviated season received a huge boost Friday. The league's health-and-safety protocols remain the biggest requirement in its ...
Aug 07, 2020
Collapse of Nunavut ice shelf like losing a good friend: glaciologist
A glaciologist says it was only a matter of time before Canada's last remaining intact ice shelf broke up. The Canadian Ice Service posted satellite animation on Twitter last weekend showing the ...
Aug 07, 2020
RDC crosswalk unveiling helps launch Central Alberta Pride Week
Pride Week in Central Alberta unofficially kicked off for another year on Friday.Most of the week's events will be virtual in nature, but community members met at Red Deer College Friday morning for t...
Aug 07, 2020
Teen charged in boy's shooting death at Maskwacis
A 13-year-old has been charged with manslaughter after a 10-year-old boy was shot and killed at Maskwacis.RCMP responded to a report of a gunshot in a home at approximately 4 a.m. Wednesday.Officers a...
Aug 07, 2020
Plane skids off runway in India; 14 killed, dozens hurt
NEW DELHI - An Air India Express flight with 190 people on board skidded off a runway and split in two while landing Friday in heavy rain in southern India. Police said at least 14 people were killed ...
Aug 07, 2020
Alberta to join other provinces in exploring small nuclear technology
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it plans to join three other provinces in exploring small-scale nuclear technology. New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Ontario signed a memorandum of understan...
Aug 07, 2020
Canada decries death penalty after second Canadian sentenced in China this week
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is telling China that it strongly opposes the death penalty, after a second Canadian was sentenced to death on drug cha...
Aug 07, 2020
Canadian international Jonathan David has verbal agreement to join France's Lille
Canadian forward Jonathan David has a verbal agreement to join France's Lille for a Canadian-record transfer fee of 30 million euros ($47.3 million), according to a source with knowledge of the d...
Aug 07, 2020
Jasper passes mandatory mask bylaw for public areas
Jasper is the latest Alberta community to pass a bylaw making face coverings mandatory in public areas.The mountain town is requiring people to wear masks in all indoor public places, on downtown side...
Aug 07, 2020
Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's governor said Friday that he would allow children statewide to return to classrooms for the start of the new school year, citing the state's success in battling the coronavir...
Aug 07, 2020