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Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president's baseless claims of election f...
Dec 14, 2020
Community Resource Navigation Team helping families affected by pandemic
A helping hand is being extended to local families left feeling isolated by COVID-19.Family Services of Central Alberta (FSCA) recently launched its Community Resource Navigation Team to support area ...
Dec 14, 2020
Underdog Montreal Impact in for tough test against Honduran club CD Olimpia
Preparing to play has looked a little different for the Montreal Impact over the past few weeks. Instead of running on-field drills and refining tactics with teammates ahead of Tuesday's CONCACAF Cham...
Dec 14, 2020
US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. The number of dead rivals the popul...
Dec 14, 2020
Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion over the next ten years to plant two billion trees across the country. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the fu...
Dec 14, 2020
Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead
When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had...
Dec 14, 2020
Alberta chief medical officer of health believes world junior hockey can be safe
EDMONTON - Alberta's top doctor is defending the province's decision to allow the world junior hockey championship to be played in Edmonton later this month while restrictions and cases mount during t...
Dec 14, 2020
Anti-racism task force calls for end to racial profiling in all Quebec police forces
MONTREAL - An anti-racism task force created by the Quebec premier last June is recommending that police across the province stop randomly stopping people. Junior health minister Lionel Carmant told r...
Dec 14, 2020
Austin FC gets glimpse of players made available in MLS expansion draft
Attackers Pablo Piatti, Maxi Urruti and Fredy Montero were left unprotected by their Canadian clubs ahead of Tuesday's MLS expansion draft to help stock Austin FC. The league's 27th franchise and thir...
Dec 14, 2020
Washington pulls out of Pac-12 title game, replaced by Ducks
SEATTLE - Washington has pulled out of the Pac-12 football championship game due to COVID-19 issues in the Huskies program, and Oregon will now play No. 13 USC for the conference title on Friday inste...
Dec 14, 2020