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Facebook launches its new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels
Facebook's Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok - Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and w...
Aug 05, 2020

Red Deer school districts need to know who's returning to class this fall
With the first day of school now less than four weeks away for most students, local school districts are continuing their efforts in planning for the new year.On Friday, both Red Deer Public Schools a...
Aug 05, 2020

Feds look to finalize deal with airlines amid contact-tracing concerns
OTTAWA - As Ottawa and airlines talk about contact tracing, federal officials are trying to sort out how much information companies should provide, and how the data should flow. Concerns about the lev...
Aug 05, 2020

Leadership apologizes after report finds systemic racism at human rights museum
WINNIPEG - Leadership at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is apologizing after an independent report found employees experienced systemic racism and other mistreatment while working at the Winnipe...
Aug 05, 2020

Lebanese-Canadian group raises money while grappling with tragedy of Beirut blast
Lebanese-Canadians who watched in horror as an explosion levelled part of Beirut are now working to raise funds for hospitals treating the thousands of injured. The president of the Lebanese Club of O...
Aug 05, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:29 p.m. on Aug 5, 2020: There are 118,036 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,000 confirmed (including 5,687 deaths, 50,886 resolve...
Aug 05, 2020

Youth charged in weekend shooting in Warburg
Thorsby RCMP have now charged a 17-year-old male following a shooting last weekend at a home in Warburg. The shooting happened late Sunday night with a male suffering non-life threatening injuries.The...
Aug 05, 2020

Feds earmark $3.3B for provinces, territories for COVID-19 infrastructure
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving ahead with plans to make it easier for provinces and territories to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure projects to address the challenges posed ...
Aug 05, 2020

Calgary Zoo worried giant pandas 'in jeopardy' as bamboo supply running out
CALGARY - Time and food supplies are running out for two giant pandas at the Calgary Zoo. Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in Calgary in 2018, along with cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, after...
Aug 05, 2020

McCartney appointed AP's entertainment & lifestyles editor
Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press' West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson's death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news...
Aug 05, 2020