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Union asking for two-week closure of Red Deer Olymel plant
The union representing employees at Red Deer's Olymel pork plant is asking for an immediate two-week shutdown of the facility.Alberta Health confirmed to rdnewsNOW on Friday that there are 80 active c...
Feb 06, 2021
Time to listen to those affected by racism, advocate suggests
My message to Central Albertans during the Black History Month is: an open mind is prerequisite to progress and innovation is key in unprecedented times. We have been hard-hit by an extraordinary oppo...
Feb 06, 2021
Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
NEW DELHI - With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations program, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing...
Feb 06, 2021
Committee working to recruit several physicians to Blackfalds
Efforts are ramping up in the town of Blackfalds to recruit more physicians to the community.Annamarie Fuchs, chair of the Blackfalds Health Professional Attraction and Retention Committee (BHPARC), s...
Feb 06, 2021
Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
NEW DELHI - With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations program, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing...
Feb 06, 2021
Kriechmayr leads Austrian 1-2 in last ski race before worlds
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Vincent Kriechmayr extended his lead in the season's super-G standings on Saturday by winning the last World Cup race before the world championships. Kriechmayr edged...
Feb 06, 2021
Trump impeachment trial confronts memories of Capitol siege
WASHINGTON - The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is more than an effort to convict the former president of inciting an insurrection. It's a chance for a public accounting and remembrance of the wors...
Feb 06, 2021
Myanmar junta blocks internet access as coup protests expand
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the Internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protest over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's...
Feb 06, 2021
Justices: California can't enforce indoor church service ban
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is telling California that it can't bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors. The hi...
Feb 06, 2021
UN kicks off selection of next secretary-general
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The United Nations kicked off the selection of its next secretary-general on Friday, asking the 193 U.N. member states to submit candidates to be the world organization's chief di...
Feb 06, 2021