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Red Deer down five to 252 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported another 968 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.That's out of 14,833 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 6.5 per cent.There are now 13,298 active cases in Alberta, ...
Jan 07, 2021
Kenney to update Albertans on COVID-19 restrictions
The Alberta government is set to announce today its review of current COVID-19 rules, but Premier Jason Kenney has indicated little will change.Kenney will join Dr. Deena Hinshaw for Thursday's COVID-...
Jan 07, 2021
Homan's post-Scotties curling schedule uncertain with baby on way in spring
Skip Rachel Homan has pencilled in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on her calendar next month for the Calgary curling bubble. If she were to win a fourth national women's title, it would make for a ...
Jan 07, 2021
Woman walking in Nanaimo, B.C., is showered with cash: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her. Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street ...
Jan 07, 2021
Canadian figure skaters go head-to-head in unique virtual Skate Canada Challenge
There were no judges to smile at, and no fans to cheer them on. It was very much like an every-day practice on their home rink - but completely different. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier skated their ic...
Jan 07, 2021
Canada's Cyle Larin scoring goals, turning heads with Besiktas in Turkey
Cyle Larin's European adventure has proved both challenging and rewarding. The Canadian international forward rode out the bumps and is now turning heads and scoring goals. Larin is joint top-scorer i...
Jan 07, 2021
Prosecutor: Sedition charge possible for pro-Trump rioters
WASHINGTON - The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia said Thursday that "all options are on the table" for charging members of the violent pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol -...
Jan 07, 2021
RCMP declines firm's offer of free, state-of-art sonar to find N.S. boat, fishermen
HALIFAX - A Canadian firm says the RCMP are declining the free use of its state-of-the-art sonar to search for a fishing boat that sank off Nova Scotia last month, with six crew lost. The RCMP announc...
Jan 07, 2021
US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before - nearly 3,900 - on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have ...
Jan 07, 2021
Trump honours golfing greats with award in private ceremony
WASHINGTON - Hall of Fame golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player, along with the late Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias, have been presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House an...
Jan 07, 2021