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AHS not announcing 2021 New Year’s babies amid COVID restrictions
New Year's babies won't enter the world with as much pomp and circumstance as in years past.Alberta Health Services (AHS) said that given the current restrictions in place at healthcare facilities and...
Dec 31, 2020
No charges for police in death of 'boogaloo' movement martyr
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland prosecutors have ruled out criminal charges against any police officers in the shooting death of a man whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend ...
Dec 31, 2020
Industry, local mayors say they weren't consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal government decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded." ...
Dec 31, 2020
Ponoka mayor moving on in 2021
By this time next year the town of Ponoka will have a new mayor. Rick Bonnett, who has served two terms in the town's mayor's chair, says he won't be seeking a third."I've been in this chair for eight...
Dec 31, 2020
Mayor Veer looks back a final time at 2020 and ahead to 2021
As noted in the first half of our year in review story with Mayor Tara Veer, Red Deer was a community that found itself divided over a number of issues throughout an emotionally volatile year in 2020....
Dec 31, 2020
Glenda Jackson returns to screen with 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
NEW YORK - Only one project lured two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson back to the screen after an absence of 25 years: "Elizabeth Is Missing." The film is a mystery but so much more - a power...
Dec 31, 2020
One Good Thing: Special Olympian spreads message of love
Gary Schottle arrived in time to see the other kids in line hitting and jumping on his young son. Nicknamed "Tank," Derek towered over the pestering kids, yet lacked the confidence to stick up for him...
Dec 31, 2020
Jobless claims down 19,000, still 4 times pre-pandemic level
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits last week fell by 19,000 to 787,000, still a historically high level as a resurgent coronavirus maintains its grip on the U.S. econom...
Dec 31, 2020
2019 CFL most outstanding player Brandon Banks re-signs with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed 2019 CFL most outstanding player Brandon Banks. The American wide receiver will return for his eighth season with the club in 2021. Banks earned his f...
Dec 31, 2020
Hammon's head coaching night caps memorable year for women in sport
TORONTO - There was no celebration when Becky Hammon took over as San Antonio Spurs head coach on Wednesday night. When Gregg Popovich was ejected in the second quarter, he simply pointed at Hammon an...
Dec 31, 2020