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Butler's prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death
NEW YORK - Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the book was called "Dawn," the story of a black woma...
May 07, 2020
US consumer borrowing fell for first time since 2011
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time in more than eight years, with the category covering credit cards dropping by the largest amount in over three decades, the Federa...
May 07, 2020
La Scala opens virtual tour during coronavirus lockdown
Milan's famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & Culture, with serendipitous timing as theatres throughout ...
May 07, 2020
Mental Health Week asks Canadians to #GetReal
The Canadian Mental Health Association wants you to #GETREAL during and beyond its 69th annual Mental Health Week (May 4-10).Christine Stewart, Executive Director at the CMHA offices in Red Deer, says...
May 07, 2020 (CMHA)
Rocky's COVID-19 Recovery Task Force seeking public input
On the world, federal, provincial and municipal levels, governments are looking at how best they can financially recover from the COVID-19 pandemic when it's all over.For Rocky Mountain House, town co...
May 07, 2020
Ottawa adds to protections for endangered southern resident killer whales
VANCOUVER - Expanded protections for endangered southern resident killer whales off British Columbia's coast focus on contaminants, noise, physical disturbances and accessibility of chinook ...
May 07, 2020
Habs star Price sends support to boys who lost parents in NS mass shooting
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has reached out to give support two boys who lost their parents during the Nova Scotia mass shooting last month Price sent a heartfelt video message to 11-yea...
May 07, 2020
UFC relying on hefty health and safety blueprint for trio of Florida shows
The UFC returns to action Saturday after a two-month absence with the first of three shows in Jacksonville, Fla. - working off a hefty health, safety and operations manual in the face of COVID-19...
May 07, 2020
Innisfail to ensure June 8 by-election is safe for voters
Innisfail residents will go to the polls on June 8 to elect a new town councillor.Doug Bos resigned from his spot on council this past March, and under the Municipal Government Act, the town is requir...
May 07, 2020 (The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan)
Canadian farmers expect to plant more wheat, oats, corn for grain in 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Farmers across the country are busy getting their crops planted and have told Statistics Canada what to expect.While they are planning to plant more wheat, oats, and corn for grain th...
May 07, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)