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Demographic data 'essential' to track impacts of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Researchers are calling for more detailed data on who is getting and dying from COVID-19, to find out if specific minority or socioeconomic groups are unduly impacted. The Unit...
Apr 08, 2020
Lafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospects
Alexis Lafrenire, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rim...
Apr 08, 2020
NHLers reflect on league pause: 'All of a sudden someone turns the car off'
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the...
Apr 08, 2020
Europe struggles to agree on economic response to virus
BRUSSELS - European governments remained at loggerheads Wednesday over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed over aid c...
Apr 08, 2020
Airbus cuts production by a third as airlines struggle
LONDON - European planemaker Airbus said Wednesday it is reducing production by about a third as demand for aircraft and travel plummets due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it delivered ...
Apr 08, 2020
Armed Forces reports 20 military suicides last year, largest number since 2014
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has quietly revealed that 20 service members took their own lives last year, the largest number of military suicides since 2014. The increase comes despite the feder...
Apr 08, 2020
Sylvan Lake RCMP arrest break-in suspects in action
Sylvan Lake RCMP are crediting alert members of the public in helping them arrest suspects involved in two separate break and enters this week.Over two days, Sylvan Lake Mounties responded to two call...
Apr 08, 2020
Domoney, Thudium named RDC Athletes of the Year
Two local athletes who starred all season long on the court and on the ice have been honoured as RDC's Athletes of the Year for 2019-20. Kaylee Domoney of Queens Volleyball and Chase Thudium of Kings ...
Apr 08, 2020 (Photos: RDC Athletics)
Landowners and legal experts criticize Alberta's well cleanup bill
EDMONTON - Landowners and legal experts are criticizing Alberta's hastily passed new legislation intended to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities. The bill, which...
Apr 08, 2020
Canada-U.S. ties getting 'constant gardening' to protect supply lines: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Canada's deputy prime minister says the country's relationship with the United States is getting "constant gardening" as the federal government works to keep supply lines open despite the...
Apr 08, 2020