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Study: Facebook delivers biased job ads, skewed by gender
Facebook is showing different job ads to women and men in a way that might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, according to a new study. University of Southern California researchers who examined t...
Apr 09, 2021
QMJHL hopes to start playoffs later this month, while two WHL teams press pause
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced a playoff plan in the midst of a COVID-19 suspension for all Quebec-based teams on Friday, while two teams in the Western Hockey League are h...
Apr 09, 2021
Nurse, capturing the feeling of a nation, gets stuck in mud
BOSTON - Camille Coelho just wanted to take a stroll on the beach and look for some sea glass. Instead, the Massachusetts nurse ended up feeling the way so many have felt during the pandemic: she was ...
Apr 09, 2021
City of Lacombe adjusts restrictions to rising COVID cases
The City of Lacombe has updated its current public health measures in place, following the announcement by the government this week that the province has returned to Step 1 in its path forward to reop...
Apr 09, 2021
Preliminary hearing scheduled in Sunchild First Nation homicide
A two-day preliminary hearing will take place early next year for a man from the Sunchild First Nation charged in a fatal shooting last December.Keean Frencheater, 24, will see January 20-21, 2022 if ...
Apr 09, 2021
Canada's Bottcher heads into men's world curling playoffs on a winning note
CALGARY - Canada's Brendan Bottcher capped the preliminary round at the men's world curling championship with a 9-6 win over Germany and prepared for a playoff game later Friday. The host country fini...
Apr 09, 2021
Caitlyn Jenner considers run for California governor
LOS ANGELES - Caitlyn Jenner has been an Olympic hero, a reality TV personality and a transgender rights activist. Her next step could be candidate for California governor. The 71-year-old longtime Re...
Apr 09, 2021
Change of plans as Rebels take on Lethbridge this weekend
The Red Deer Rebels are finally set to take on a team not named the Edmonton Oil Kings. After dropping six straight to their dominant rivals from the north, the Rebels take on the Lethbridge Hurricane...
Apr 09, 2021
New Blackfalds library named Servus Credit Union Library
The Town of Blackfalds is proud to announce that the Eagle Builders Centre's brand-new library will be named the Servus Credit Union Public Library. Town officials say council accepted the facility sp...
Apr 09, 2021
Canada beats Wales in soccer friendly but loses captain Christine Sinclair to injury
CARDIFF, United Kingdom - Canada blanked Wales 3-0, but lost captain Christine Sinclair to an injury in the fist half of a soccer friendly Friday. Sinclair, playing her first game for Canada in more t...
Apr 09, 2021