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Doc films about Demi Lovato, Tom Petty headline SXSW 2021
Documentaries about Demi Lovato, Tom Petty, Selma Blair and Charli XCX are among the films set to premiere at next month's South by Southwest Film Festival. Organizers on Wednesday announced the lineu...
Feb 10, 2021
Liberty get Howard, Samuelson to Storm, 1st pick to Dallas
NEW YORK - The New York Liberty acquired Natasha Howard from the Seattle Storm as part of a three-team trade Wednesday. The three-time WNBA champion goes to the Liberty for the overall No. 1 pick in t...
Feb 10, 2021
UN declaration to help First Nations achieve self-determination: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says passing a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will get First Nations closer to sel...
Feb 10, 2021
Community foundation joins initiative to improve public spaces in light of COVID-19
The Red Deer & District Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta announced on Tuesday that they will work to provide $1,267,320 in funding to transform public spac...
Feb 10, 2021
Italian populists dither over support for Draghi government
The populist 5-Star Movement, the largest party in the Italian Parliament, put on hold Wednesday its commitment to back the new government that former central banker Mario Draghi is working to assembl...
Feb 10, 2021
Powell stresses commitment to full employment and low rates
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday underscored the Fed's commitment to reducing unemployment to multi-decade lows, where it stood before the pandemic, while signalling littl...
Feb 10, 2021
Red Deer's most famous dogs brave the cold weather in the name of science
The polar vortex hasn't stopped a pair of local four-legged international stars from having fun with science outdoors.Bunsen the Bernese mountain dog and Beaker the golden retriever have showed a few ...
Feb 10, 2021
Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after military coup
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, taking action after the military this month staged a coup in the Southeast Asian country and...
Feb 10, 2021
Miner ponders impact of restoration of coal protection policy in Alberta
An Alberta coal miner with exploration leases in the province's Rocky Mountains says he's trying to figure out how the government's decision to restore protections to those lands will affect his compa...
Feb 10, 2021
Surging rate of COVID-19 infections eases; health officials warn against complacency
While the soaring rate of new COVID-19 infections has moderated substantially across the country in recent weeks because of anti-pandemic restrictions, health authorities warned against complacency. L...
Feb 10, 2021