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Super Bowl on CBS draws audience of 96.4 million viewers
NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rout of the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl drew a total audience of 96.4 million viewers. CBS said Tuesday the audience included record digital numbers for a...
Feb 9, 2021
Paris Hilton says she was abused as teen at Utah school
SALT LAKE CITY - Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state's troubled teen industr...
Feb 9, 2021
School bus cancellations for Tuesday, February 9
A lot of school buses in the Grande Prairie and Peace Country areas are not running Tuesday, February 9.The Peace Wapiti Public School Division's website says all buses that serve the school division ...
Feb 9, 2021
Pet owners being reminded to keep a close eye on animals during cold snap
As a polar vortex continues to grip the Canadian prairies, pet owners are being reminded to keep a close eye on their animals during these cold conditions.With temperatures in the minus forties this w...
Feb 9, 2021
Highlights from Monday's City Council meeting
Update on Nauticol Methanol PlantCouncil has asked representatives from Nauticol Energy to meet with the city at a future Infrastructure and Economic Development Committee meeting. Nauticol has writte...
Feb 9, 2021
WHO says coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
WUHAN, China - A World Health Organization expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food sa...
Feb 9, 2021
Vaccines for poor countries and split over Trump impeachment: In The News for Feb. 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 9, 2021
World economy will lose trillions if poor countries shorted on vaccines: OECD
OTTAWA - As the Trudeau government is forced to explain delays rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, some of the world's economic and health leaders are warning of catastrophic financial consequences if poor...
Feb 9, 2021
Parliamentary committee poised to investigate allegations against ex-defence chief
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is expected to launch formal hearings today into allegations of inappropriate conduct by former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance - and what the Liberal government k...
Feb 9, 2021
Reclaiming 'renewal': Society pitches new life for historic Black Vancouver area
VANCOUVER - When Randy Clark wants to return to the home where he spent his formative years from 12 to 16, it means gazing at a viaduct that many credit with the destruction of Vancouver's historic Bl...
Feb 9, 2021