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COVID-19 cases in Canada remain on troubling course, Tam says, amid rising numbers
Canada's top doctor says the country is still on a troubling track for new COVID-19 infections as case counts continue mounting in much of the country. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam say...
Nov 28, 2020
Atikamekw leaders taken aback by Quebec government refusal to adopt Joyce's Principle
MONTREAL - Atikamekw leaders in Quebec say they are disappointed by the Quebec government's refusal to adopt measures aimed at improving Indigenous health care this week over a reference to systemic r...
Nov 28, 2020
Canadian running back Hubbard out versus Texas Tech with leg injury
STILLWATER, Okla. - Canadian running back Chuba Hubbard will miss Oklahoma State's game Saturday against Texas Tech with a leg injury. Hubbard, a redshirt junior from Sherwood Park, Alta.,&n...
Nov 28, 2020
Chamber of Commerce urging residents to support local businesses while holiday shopping
The Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce is urging residents to shop local this holiday season.Small businesses in Grande Prairie and across Alberta have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pande...
Nov 28, 2020
All Blacks pay tribute to Maradona before match vs. Pumas
NEWCASTLE, Australia - New Zealand paid tribute to Diego Maradona when captain Sam Cane laid an All Black jersey - No. 10 - on the field before the start of their Tri-Nations test match against A...
Nov 28, 2020
Poland: Marches oppose abortion restriction, police violence
WARSAW, Poland - Protesters marched in Warsaw and other Polish cities Saturday against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and the police violence that occurred in response to other recent protests...
Nov 28, 2020
French protesters decry bill outlawing use of police images
PARIS - Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, and officers in Paris who were ...
Nov 28, 2020
Iran's supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader on Saturday demanded the "definitive punishment" of those behind the killing of a scientist who led Tehran's disbanded military nuclear program, as the Islamic Rep...
Nov 28, 2020
Scientists urge permanent protection of Last Ice Area in Canada's High Arctic
Derek Mueller, a senior researcher at Carleton University, cut his scientific teeth studying mats of microbes on some of Canada's oldest, thickest and most remote sea ice. "They have some very i...
Nov 28, 2020
Ethiopian government begins offensive in Tigray capital city
NAIROBI, Kenya - The Ethiopian military on Saturday began an offensive in the Tigray regional capital in its quest to arrest the region's defiant leaders. Tigray TV announced shelling in Mekele, a cit...
Nov 28, 2020