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Alberta creates COVID-19 vaccine task force
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced a task force on Wednesday to execute Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine distribution.It will be led by Paul Wynnyk, deputy minister of municipal affairs, and will be a "...
Dec 02, 2020
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinche...
Dec 02, 2020
Three organizers of Calgary anti-mask rally get tickets, three more face charges
CALGARY - Police in Calgary have ticketed three organizers of an anti-mask rally held over the weekend.The province has banned outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people in order to slow the spread of ...
Dec 02, 2020
Ford and Dodge trucks the most stolen vehicles in Alberta in 2020
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has released its list of the top 10 stolen vehicles in 2020.The IBC cites electronic theft from peoples' driveways, high-end vehicles being stolen for shipment ove...
Dec 02, 2020
Red Deer now with 269 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported another 1,685 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That's out of 18,432 tests over last 24 hours as the provincial positivity rose to about 9.2 per cent.There are now 17,144 active cases i...
Dec 02, 2020
RCMP must take 'drastic actions' to restore confidence: former Supreme Court justice
OTTAWA - The author of a report that found a toxic, misogynistic culture in the RCMP says the police force must take some "drastic actions" right away to restore confidence. Former Supreme Court justi...
Dec 02, 2020
Saskatchewan government apologizes for photo of same-sex couple on World AIDS Day
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is apologizing for using a photo of two men to promote World AIDS Day. The government posted the picture showing the men standing side by side with their heads tou...
Dec 02, 2020
Canadian curlers prepare for prospect of a Calgary "bubble"
CALGARY - A potentially lengthy stay in Alberta, and trying to defend a national men's curling championship in front of zero fans, are thoughts circulating in Brad Gushue's mind. The veteran skip from...
Dec 02, 2020
Ex-NFL player Carlos Rogers pleads guilty in fraud scheme
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A 12th former NFL player has admitted to participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league's health care benefit program. Former Washington Football Team and San Fra...
Dec 02, 2020
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES - Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks ...
Dec 02, 2020