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Girl Scouts call on cookie bakers to address child labour
The Girl Scouts of the USA said Wednesday that child labour has no place in its iconic cookies and called on the two companies that bake them to act quickly to address any potential abuses linked to t...
Dec 30, 2020
B.C. mom who gave birth in a coma due to COVID-19 discharged from hospital
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A mother who had an emergency C-section in British Columbia while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 returned home to her family in time for Christmas. Gillian McIntosh wa...
Dec 30, 2020
B.C. helps fund blueberry farmers against U.S. trade commission investigation
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making a financial contribution to help blueberry farmers fight a looming trade investigation in the United States over imported berries, including from Canada. U.S. Tra...
Dec 30, 2020
Merkel to Germans: Keep up anti-virus discipline in 2021
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is telling her country's people that they will need to keep up their discipline in fighting the coronavirus pandemic well into 2021, even as vaccinations fuel ...
Dec 30, 2020
Rocky RCMP Crime Reduction Unit recounts successful 2020
Rocky Mountain House RCMP says it has been a successful year for its Crime Reduction Unit (CRU).Mounties say the CRU was initially piloted for six months and based on reported successes, was turned in...
Dec 30, 2020
Red Deer down to 277 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported 1,287 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That's out of 14,741 test results in the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.7 per cent.Across the province, there are 14,555 active cas...
Dec 30, 2020
Finns to give Canada first stiff test in world junior men's hockey championship
A generous schedule helped Canada both find its game legs and win three straight to start the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. Time's up for the host country to develop chemistry and hone...
Dec 30, 2020
Unbeaten Finland shuts out Slovakia, setting up first-place battle with Canada
EDMONTON - Finland improved to 3-0 at the world junior hockey championship with a 6-0 win over Slovakia on Wednesday at Rogers Place.The win sets up a showdown with Canada (3-0) for first place in Gro...
Dec 30, 2020
St-Pierre still thinks about fighting again but the thought usually doesn't last long
At 39, former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre still looks like he just walked off the cover of a fitness magazine. And the competitive juices still flow, despite the fact the native of St-Isidore, Que....
Dec 30, 2020
Longtime Bruins captain Chara joins Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON - Longtime Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, a stunning move less than a week before most NHL teams open training camp. Chara agreed to ter...
Dec 30, 2020