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Comforting rituals show in media's depiction of inauguration
NEW YORK - After Air Force One took Donald Trump out of Washington, an unusual Inauguration Day quickly felt more traditional - even comforting - for people watching at home. Sure, security ringed the...
Jan 20, 2021
Lawyer says ex-royal staff will shed light on Meghan letter
LONDON - A lawyer for the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper said Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex had no reasonable expectation of privacy for a letter she sent to her estranged father after h...
Jan 20, 2021
After a strong start, Calgary Flames get early breather in short NHL season
CALGARY - Just three games into a condensed season, the Calgary Flames are already on a break. A 2-0-1 start for five points out of a possible six is momentum the Flames will try to carry through thei...
Jan 20, 2021
City of Grande Prairie adds 19 new COVID-19 cases, 14 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19 for January 19 alongside 14 more recoveries, bringing the City's active case total up to 185.Seven new cases were recorded in the County of...
Jan 20, 2021
Indigenous services minister says Quebec premier should show 'humanity' to homeless
OTTAWA - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is criticizing the Quebec premier's refusal to exempt homeless people from the provincewide curfew. Miller reacted today to the recent death o...
Jan 20, 2021
For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity
When it gazes into the mirror, the United States does not generally see a land of process and procedure. It sees what it has wanted to see since the beginning - a place of action and results and volum...
Jan 20, 2021
Students at VP Kamala Harris's Montreal alma mater say her rise serves as inspiration
MONTREAL - Students at Montreal's Westmount High School spent Wednesday morning watching a former graduate ascend to one of the highest political offices in the world, with Kamala Harris's new post as...
Jan 20, 2021
Alberta Beef Producers want more public consultation on coal mines
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- Alberta Beef Producers says it is hoping the government's decision to put having coal mining leases for the eastern slopes of the Rockies on hold leads to what it calls "necessa...
Jan 20, 2021
Peace Region officials say inter-provincial travel restrictions would hurt local economy
A proposed plan to limit non-essential travel into British Columbia is being met with scepticism in the province's Peace country.The B.C. Government has sought legal advice as it is looking into a pla...
Jan 20, 2021
Trump's pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters
WASHINGTON - A former congressman who pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from defence contractors. A Republican fundraiser who paid handsome sums to illicitly lobby a presidential administration. ...
Jan 20, 2021