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Suspects arrested in Maskwacis area homicide
Two people have been charged in connection to a homicide last month in the Maskwacis area.Just after 8:15 a.m. on April 12, Maskwacis RCMP responded to a report of an unresponsive male lying on Herman...
May 07, 2020
Pandemic highlights existing barriers for those with communication disabilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-standing barriers preventing Canadians with communication disabilities from fully accessing the health-care system, according to advocates across the co...
May 07, 2020
Supreme Court to review Ontario ruling that jeopardized multiple verdicts
TORONTO - Canada's highest court agreed Thursday to review an Ontario ruling that could cause scores of criminal cases in that province to be thrown out over how changes ...
May 07, 2020
More help coming for Alberta farmers and ranchers: Kenney
Premier Jason Kenney has announced a fed-cattle set aside program that will allow farmers and ranchers to hold on to cattle at a maintenance -feed rate so the supply of cattle can drop closer to deman...
May 07, 2020 (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)
Sylvan Lake sees two new COVID-19 cases
Alberta is reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total to 6,017.The number of cases in the Central zone has increased by two for a total of 94.Both new cases are in the Sylvan L...
May 07, 2020
Leafs forward Alexander Kerfoot looks back at up-and-down start in Toronto
TORONTO - Alexander Kerfoot has been waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic like most NHL players. There's been board games with family, backyard competition, workouts, Netflix, some reading and plent...
May 07, 2020
Alberta officials share COVID-19 update for May 7
Alberta's chief medical officer of health and other officials will give an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:0...
May 07, 2020
Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor's order freed
DALLAS - A Texas salon owner who was jailed for defying Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's public health orders walked out free to cheering supporters on Thursday, shortly after the governor weakened his m...
May 07, 2020
Presidential politics, sidelined by pandemic, poised for Trump-fuelled comeback
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's re-election efforts appear to be showing new signs of life despite lingering concerns about whether the accelerated reopening in parts of the United States could prompt a s...
May 07, 2020
'Let's Make a Deal' asks frontline staff to join its special
NEW YORK - Wayne Brady and the folks at "Let's Make a Deal" want to honour those fighting the coronavirus - and they don't have to wear their capes if they don't want to. The CBS daytime game show tha...
May 07, 2020