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'Kiss baby for me': First use of DNA to link Franklin expedition sailor to descendant
Canadian archeologists have used DNA analysis to identify the remains of a Franklin expedition sailor and to link him with his modern-day descendants. "The news came by email and I was at work," said ...
May 04, 2021
Mayor congratulates Red Deer College on polytechnic announcement
"Today, Advanced Education Minister Demertios Nicolaides announced Red Deer College will become a polytechnic institution, as a result of a recent post-secondary review process. The people of Central ...
May 04, 2021
Accused of lacking sensitivity, Legault doubles down on comments about immigrants
Quebec Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday he has no regrets about comments he made on immigration to a business crowd last week. Legault had said that every time the government accepts an immigrant ...
May 04, 2021
Red Deer-South MLA says RDC will be a great polytechnic
Today is a great day for RDC, for Red Deer, and for Central Alberta.There used to be only two polytechnics in Alberta, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, (or NAIT), and the Southern Alberta...
May 04, 2021
Man City ousts PSG to reach first Champions League final
MANCHESTER, England - By the time Riyad Mahrez completed the counterattack that sealed Manchester City's spot in a first Champions League final, it looked so effortless overcoming a Paris Saint-Germai...
May 04, 2021
UK police on trial accused of soccer player's murder
LONDON - British prosecutors accused a police officer of murder Tuesday for allegedly using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the he...
May 04, 2021
UK police on trial accused of soccer player's murder
LONDON - British prosecutors accused a police officer of murder Tuesday for allegedly using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the he...
May 04, 2021
Netanyahu misses deadline, political future in question
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday failed to meet a midnight deadline to put together a new governing coalition, raising the possibility that his Likud party could be pus...
May 04, 2021
What to know about NACI, blood clots and the AstraZeneca and J&J COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - With thousands of doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine creeping towards their expiration date in freezers across Canada, many provinces moved in mid-April to let people as young as 40 start ge...
May 04, 2021
Solving public shootings a 'top priority' for Metro Vancouver police: Delta chief
DELTA, B.C. - The police chief in Delta, B.C., offered comfort to community members following two brazen daytime shootings outside shopping malls on the Lower Mainland, saying officers across the regi...
May 04, 2021