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No details: Alberta energy minister announces date for start of coal consultations
EDMONTON - Alberta says public consultations on coal mining will begin March 29 but there's no decision yet on how they will go ahead. "I have directed my department officials to bring forward a compr...
Feb 23, 2021
Police arrest man after Wyoming boy found dead in dumpster
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The boyfriend of a Wyoming woman whose 2-year-old son was found dead in an apartment complex dumpster has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Wyatt Lamb, 27, was taken into custody af...
Feb 23, 2021
Liberal cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos steps aside to recover from illness
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos is stepping aside due to illness.Duclos says in a statement that he felt persistent chest pain over the past several days.He went to hospital on Sund...
Feb 23, 2021
Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Feb. 23
Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Yo...
Feb 23, 2021
Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used...
Feb 23, 2021
Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
The Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches, two over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors convic...
Feb 23, 2021
Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embodied its curious and rebellious spirit well into the 21st c...
Feb 23, 2021
Probe ongoing in slaying of Quebec woman who had reported threats just days before
MONTREAL - Police are still seeking a suspect in the slaying of a Montreal-area woman on Sunday who had told authorities days prior about being the victim of alleged death threats. Provincial police s...
Feb 23, 2021
Toronto's Springer renewing old relationships, getting to know new teammates
DUNEDIN, Fla. - George Springer says it still feels a little strange to put on a Toronto Blue Jays uniform. It's understandable, as he is just a few days into spring training with the Blue Jays - his ...
Feb 23, 2021
Physicians urge Albertans to seek medical help if you need it
The following is an op-ed submitted by Alberta Health Services physicians.There's little doubt that COVID-19 has been the top item on the news and the dominant topic of conversation for the last year ...
Feb 23, 2021