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World isn't ready for coronavirus outbreak, says Canadian WHO expert
OTTAWA - A renowned Canadian epidemiologist who led a team of experts to China to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization says other countries are not ready fo...
Feb 25, 2020
Canada's quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months
OTTAWA - Canada's long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government says today it is giving fighter-jet makers another three months to submit their propo...
Feb 25, 2020
Analysis: Time to consider changing the play-in setup at Scotties and Brier?
Every time the national curling championships roll around, the competition format becomes a talking point. Some fans don't like that the two eight-team groups may prevent trad...
Feb 25, 2020
RDC Queens ready for ACAC Curling Championships this weekend in Red Deer
The RDC Queens curling team is set to compete on home ice for a provincial title. The ACAC Curling Championships go this Friday through Sunday at the Pidherney Curling Centre. After a 3-3 record at th...
Feb 25, 2020 The RDC Queens curling
team of (left to right) Emily Plett, Erica Watts, Jaycee Bourke and Camryn
Penner (Photo: RDC Athletics)
Dior invokes #MeToo in feminist-inspired fashion show
"Consent, Consent, Consent" flashed the neon set lights at Dior's latest ready-to-wear show in Paris. It signalled that the house's first ever female designer, Maria Grazia Chiuri, would continue to e...
Feb 25, 2020
Basketball stars net RDC Athletes of the Week honours
Red Deer College Athletics is proud to announce the Bedford Food Company Athletes of the Week:Sandra Garcia-Bernal - Queens Basketball Hometown - Valencia, Spain Kinesiology General (3rd year) Garcia-...
Feb 25, 2020
No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store
NEW YORK - Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up the...
Feb 25, 2020
All Canadians evacuated from Wuhan released from quarantine at CFB Trenton
OTTAWA - Canada's top health official has released the final 195 Canadians and their families who were brought home from Wuhan, China after two weeks of observation for the novel coronavirus...
Feb 25, 2020
Review: 'Driving While Black' opens road to civil rights
"Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights," Liveright/W.W. Norton, by Gretchen Sorin Chuck Berry had his Cadillac. Scholar W.E.B. Du Bois drove his 1920s convertible. ...
Feb 25, 2020
Police give Tyendinaga Mohawk protesters deadline to clear rail blockade: reports
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Protesters were reportedly given until the end of Sunday night to clear a blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory that's crippled the country's rail network. O...
Feb 25, 2020