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Alberta to ship more vaccine, change rules to fight COVID-19 in two hot spots
CALGARY - Alberta is expanding the age eligibility and directing more vaccine doses to two COVID-19 hot spots in the province.Premier Jason Kenney says the measures will help address concerns in Banff...
Apr 28, 2021

RCMP announce 2021 Name the Puppy contest winners
The RCMP has announced this year's winners of the annual Name the Puppy contest.Mounties say the winning names will be given to the first 13 puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in 2...
Apr 28, 2021

Police: 4 people killed in German hospital, woman detained
BERLIN - Four people were found dead at a hospital in the eastern city of Potsdam late Wednesday and a woman was detained, police said. A spokesman for Brandenburg state police said officers were call...
Apr 28, 2021

Addiction treatment more accessible after user fees eliminated
A central Alberta woman is hoping to help save lives by further spreading the word about financial barriers being removed for those in need of addiction treatment.Carmen Brown of Camrose says if more ...
Apr 28, 2021

North Raven River buffer zone bylaw defeated by county council
At Clearwater County's April 27 council meeting they defeated first reading in the case of changing the Land Use Bylaw to create a 1.8 kilometre buffer zone along the Clear Creek and North Raven River...
Apr 28, 2021

Red Deer with 712 active COVID-19 cases
Red Deer has 712 active cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, according to the latest numbers from the province. That's just three more than Tuesday's previous record total of 709.Recoveries are up 45 to...
Apr 28, 2021

Canada's Olympic swim trials pushed back because of Ontario's COVID-19 spike
TORONTO - Canada's Olympic swim trials have been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Ontario. The primary means of selection for Canada's team bound for Tokyo this summer has been pu...
Apr 28, 2021

Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, as part of a broader effort by the Biden administrat...
Apr 28, 2021

Juror: Chauvin deliberations 'should have been 20 minutes'
MINNEAPOLIS - A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said deliberations were primarily spent trying to convince one pe...
Apr 28, 2021

Girl Scout cookies take flight in Virginia drone deliveries
Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people's doorsteps in a Virginia community. The town of Christiansburg has been a testing...
Apr 28, 2021