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Red Deer remains with 141 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported another 1,115 cases on Tuesday. That's out of 13,500 test results for a positivity rate of over eight per cent.Active cases in the province are up by 183 to 13,349. Recoveries are up ...
Nov 24, 2020
No further charges related to investigation in Bountiful, B.C.: special prosecutor
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor in British Columbia has declined to approve any further charges against people associated with the community of Bountiful where a fundamentalist Christian sect practise...
Nov 24, 2020
New Canada Soccer president Bontis says men's and women's national teams a priority
A tenured professor at McMaster University, Nick Bontis's school bio says he's recognized internationally as a "leading strategy and management guru." Those skills -- combined with some guidance from ...
Nov 24, 2020
Top public servant says few redactions of cabinet confidences made to WE documents
OTTAWA, Ohio - The top federal public servant says only one per cent of the 5,000-plus pages of documents the government has released on the WE Charity affair were blacked out to protect cabinet confi...
Nov 24, 2020
Fox News, family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich settle suit
NEW YORK - Fox News has reached a settlement with slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich's parents, who alleged in a lawsuit that the cable news company exploited their son's death in ...
Nov 24, 2020
Families of 737 Max crash victims say plane is still unsafe, demand public inquiry
OTTAWA, Ill. - Families of Canadians killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash say the plane remains unsafe and should stay grounded, despite being cleared for takeoff by regulators in the United States. Pau...
Nov 24, 2020
Donations to Nature Conservancy of Canada on Giving Tuesday will be matched
On Tuesday, December 1, Canadians have a chance to double their impact for nature. On Giving Tuesday, any gift to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) will be matched. Giving Tuesday is an opportuni...
Nov 24, 2020
2 New York City officers shot, suspected shooter killed
NEW YORK - Two New York City police officers shot and killed an off-duty college security officer on Tuesday after he opened fire and wounded them as they responded to a domestic violence call at his ...
Nov 24, 2020
Foreign minister Champagne, Conservative critic Chong spar on China at committee
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong is urging Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne to adopt a more consistent approach to getting tough with China.The Conservative foreign affairs c...
Nov 24, 2020
Alberta forecasts $21B deficit, unemployment rate to remain high
Alberta's mid-year fiscal update shows this year's provincial deficit won't be as bad as predicted in the first-quarter fiscal statement and paints a bleak picture of the province's job market.The pro...
Nov 24, 2020