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Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrations
BRUSSELS (AP) - As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the globe ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immedi...
Dec 27, 2021
Panthers send players home after 6 more positive COVID tests
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have sent all of their players home from Bank of America Stadium after six more players tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. That brings the total numbe...
Dec 27, 2021
COVID-19's Omicron surge prompts concerns over hospitalizations in some provinces
Some provinces released updates regarding COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday, which highlighted an increase in case numbers driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. Queb...
Dec 27, 2021
Edward O. Wilson, biologist known as 'ant man,' dead at 92
BOSTON (AP) - Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ...
Dec 27, 2021
Police shootings in 2021: Experts say number in Canada remains too high
Despite growing calls for changes in policing, the number of officer shootings in Canada remains too high, say criminology experts. On-duty police officers fired at 64 people in Canada between Jan. 1 ...
Dec 27, 2021
Klopp frustrated by EPL's 3-sub rule as COVID-19 cases bite
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp became the latest Premier League manager to express his frustration at being allowed to make only three substitutions in a match at a busy time when many squads are bein...
Dec 27, 2021
'What kind of message does that send?' Nunavut works to change police oversight
IQALUIT, Nunavut - As Nunavut works to change the way police oversight works in the territory, concerns remain over how injuries or deaths involving RCMP officers are communicated to the public. The t...
Dec 27, 2021
Jury resumes deliberations at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell after a long holiday weekend. The British socialite is charged with recruiting and grooming teenag...
Dec 27, 2021
Shiffrin is latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19
Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away. "I wanted to let you all know that I'm doing well, b...
Dec 27, 2021
Year-End Interview: Jackie Clayton
Our year-end interview series begins today with Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton.Clayton became interim mayor earlier this year after the resignation of Bill Given. She was then elected to the post...
Dec 27, 2021