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COVID-19 outbreaks in two units at Red Deer Regional Hospital
Alberta Health Services (AHS) say they are continuing to implement pandemic response measures at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) to ensure the site has capacity for those who need the specia...
Dec 31, 2020
Red Deer health care aide charged under Federal Quarantine Act
Red Deer RCMP have charged a health care aide employee under the Federal Quarantine Act following an investigation in collaboration with Alberta Health Services (AHS).On Oct. 19, Red Deer RCMP was con...
Dec 31, 2020
Calgary Flames sign first-round draft pick Connor Zary
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed forward Connor Zary to a three-year entry level contract.Zary, who is currently playing for Canada at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, was Cal...
Dec 31, 2020
Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses
MADISON, Wis. - Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two night...
Dec 31, 2020
'They have to earn it': Sens GM Dorion says young players won't be handed NHL job
Pierre Dorion tackled the final question fired his way in French. After answering, and to make sure there wasn't any confusion, the Ottawa Senators general manager switched languages to hammer the poi...
Dec 31, 2020
Some Canadian bank notes to lose legal tender status in 2021
OTTAWA, ON - Canadians wishing to spend the old one, two, 25, 500 or one-thousand dollar bills they've been holding on to are running out of time.As of midnight tonight, some bank notes made between 1...
Dec 31, 2020
A Better World Canada celebrates 30 years of helping children
In 1990, two friends, Eric and Brian, wanted to invest $5,000 in a development project.They and a handful of others decided to pay for reconstructive surgery for 15 children in Kenya, enabling those c...
Dec 31, 2020
Czech Republic hammers Austria to advance to quarterfinals at world juniors
EDMONTON - The Czech Republic clinched a spot in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship with a 7-0 win over Austria on Thursday. The Czech Republic went 2-2 in the preliminary round...
Dec 31, 2020
Auld lang syne: New Year brings final UK-EU Brexit split
LONDON - Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends. On Thursday, the U.K. is finally moving out. ...
Dec 31, 2020
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that will reduce American firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with I...
Dec 31, 2020