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New board chair for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has a new Board Chair.Trustee Kim Pasula was appointed to the role for the 2020-21 school year as the board held its organizational meeting last week. Dorraine Lonsd...
Sep 01, 2020
Alberta RCMP gives businesses tips for ATM security
EDMONTON - This month, Alberta RCMP is providing businesses with tips for preventing Break and Enters with a focus on ATM thefts. Although there has not been a significant increase or decrease of ATM ...
Sep 01, 2020
High vaccine use urged by Tam, Njoo to beat COVID-19, restore pre-pandemic life
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health officers say widespread vaccination of Canadians is the only way to corral COVID-19 and allow life to return to a semblance of its pre-pandemic state. Dr....
Sep 01, 2020
Penguins star Sidney Crosby undergoes wrist surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery on Monday but should be ready to go well before the start of training camp. The team announced the procedure on Tuesday. It ...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is diving into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders. ...
Sep 01, 2020
NDP says documents prove youth minister played key role in WE controversy
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are turning their aim on Youth Minister Bardish Chagger, suggesting she was the key driver in the Liberal government's decision to have WE Charity run a multimillion-dol...
Sep 01, 2020
Athletes made statement last week, but experts say movement needs to continue
Fergie Jenkins can't remember having discussions with his teammates about the racism he experienced as a Black, minor-league pitcher in the American deep south in the early 1960s. Instead, t...
Sep 01, 2020
Memorial to N.S. mass shooting victims to be removed, partly to deter gawkers
HALIFAX - Four months after a lone gunman killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the residents of the tiny village where the shooting started have decided to dismantle a large...
Sep 01, 2020
NYC delays start of school year to allow more prep time
New York City delayed the start of its school year by several days to give teachers more time to prepare for having students back in classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio anno...
Sep 01, 2020
Positive COVID-19 tests at 2 Calgary- area schools derail start of year for some
Positive COVID-19 tests at two Calgary-area schools have derailed the start of the year for some, while in northern Alberta an entire school division has chosen to delay return to classes. Meadow...
Sep 01, 2020