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Disproportionate impact of COVID-19, UNDRIP legislation on the table at AFN meeting
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is planning to urge the federal Liberal government to do more to deal with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their communities in a ...
Dec 08, 2020
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right stuff" when in 1947 he became the first person to fly...
Dec 07, 2020
UK rolling out COVID-19 vaccine to public as world watches
LONDON - U.K. health authorities are rolling out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentu...
Dec 07, 2020
Sister of missing Thai dissident meets with Cambodian judge
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The sister of an exiled Thai dissident who was reportedly abducted in Cambodia earlier this year appeared before a judge in Cambodia's capital on Tuesday to offer evidence that ...
Dec 07, 2020
Council approves scope, design of future aquatic centre
The scope, design and costing of a new multi-use aquatic centre have been agreed to, in principle, by Red Deer city council.The decision made on Monday does not mean funding has been approved.One part...
Dec 07, 2020
City offers to pick up full cost to keep ambulance dispatch
The City of Red Deer and three other municipalities have asked Premier Jason Kenney to consider allowing them to take over their respective emergency ambulance dispatch services.The request comes afte...
Dec 07, 2020
'B.A.P.S.' star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53
LOS ANGELES - Natalie Desselle Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film "B.A.P.S." and on the sitcom "Eve," has died. She was 53. Reid's death on Monday was confirmed by Je'Caryous Joh...
Dec 07, 2020
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defence
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defence, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the...
Dec 07, 2020
Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches
TORONTO - Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son. The Alberta m...
Dec 07, 2020
Man arrested after fatal shooting at Sunchild First Nation
One man is in custody following a fatal shooting on the Sunchild First Nation Sunday morning.On Dec. 6 at 5:57 a.m., Rocky Mountain House RCMP launched an investigation into a shooting outside a resid...
Dec 07, 2020