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Huawei selling Honor phone brand in face of US sanctions
BEIJING - Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company. The mo...
Nov 16, 2020
Iowa governor orders limited mask mandate, new restrictions
IOWA CITY, Iowa - With Iowa hospitals filling up, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds dropped her longtime opposition to a statewide mask mandate and enacted a limited version of one on Monday. Reynolds sign...
Nov 16, 2020
Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is at a dangerous plateau, with almost 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, 20 new deaths and overwhelmed contact tra...
Nov 16, 2020
Murder trial begins for mother accused of beating daughter with belt, spatula
EDMONTON - Shalaina Arcand's siblings were asleep in another room when the five-year-old was hit in the head so hard that she died in hospital four days later, a trial judge heard Monday. The girl's m...
Nov 16, 2020
Active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer up to 116
Red Deer now has 116 active cases of COVID-19 as the province surged past the 10,000 mark on Monday. The number marks a new record for the city and an increase of 22 from Friday.Red Deer has seen 217 ...
Nov 16, 2020
Manitoba reserve on lockdown after all residents at care home infected with COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Every resident of a long-term care home on a northern Manitoba reserve where the number of infections almost doubled in a day has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Indigenous community...
Nov 16, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canada surpasses 300,000 COVID cases, more than 100,000 in past month
Canada reached a troubling milestone on Monday, surpassing 300,000 total COVID cases since the pandemic began earlier this year, and health experts are alarmed - but not surprised - by the rapid growt...
Nov 16, 2020
Red Deer Justice Film Festival goes virtual
This year's edition of the Red Deer Justice Film Festival is going virtual in light of COVID-19 pandemic measures.In partnership with Calgary's Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, Red Deer Justice Film ...
Nov 16, 2020
Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Nov. 16
Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Yo...
Nov 16, 2020
More improvement in local home sales in October
There were positive signs in the local real estate market again last month as the number of units sold increased over the same month last year. The average sale price also increased and the average nu...
Nov 16, 2020