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Calgary pivots to pursue world snowboard and freestyle ski championships
Calgary is making a pitch to be the host city of the world freestyle ski and snowboard championships next month if public health authorities approve it. Calgary would be a substitute site. The world c...
Jan 7, 2021
Health minister issues statement on Alberta’s first physician death due to COVID-19
Another Alberta health-care worker has died of COVID-19, the first physician death in the province from the virus.The death is one of the 25 announced yesterday by the province."I'm profoundly saddene...
Jan 7, 2021
Canadian snowbirds flock to vaccinate in Florida as rollouts lag north of the border
OTTAWA - Canadian snowbirds in Florida are rushing to get inoculated down south as provincial vaccine rollouts lag north of the border. While many of the roughly one million Canadians who flock to sun...
Jan 7, 2021
Quebec COVID curfew raises concerns over enforcement, profiling, advocates say
MONTREAL - Civil rights advocates say they're concerned Quebec's new provincewide curfew is not justified by science and will be enforced in a way that has a disproportionate impact on racialized peop...
Jan 7, 2021
Indians trade star SS Lindor, Carrasco to Mets
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians traded four-time All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor and pitcher Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets on Thursday. Cleveland obtained infielders Andres Gimenez and Am...
Jan 7, 2021
Grande Prairie man among 130 impaired drivers nabbed in Alberta during holiday season
A Grande Prairie man has been listed among 130 drivers charged by the Alberta RCMP this holiday season for impaired driving.Alberta RCMP say in a release that an impaired male in the Swan City was pul...
Jan 7, 2021
Ongoing U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports of solar products 'unwarranted,' says Ng
OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing back against ongoing American tariffs on Canadian solar products. In a statement today, International Trade Minister Mary Ng calls the tariffs "unwarranted" ...
Jan 7, 2021
Canadian special-teams standout Mike Miller re-signs with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian special-teams standout Mike Miller to a one-year extension. The native of Riverview, N.B., returns to the Blue Bombers for a fourth season. Mi...
Jan 7, 2021
Ugandan police confront Bobi Wine during online briefing
KAMPALA, Uganda - Police in Uganda confronted popular opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine during an online press conference Thursday to announce a petition to the International Criminal Court,...
Jan 7, 2021
Education said key in overcoming health-care worker opposition to COVID-19 vaccine
TORONTO - A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots. While most of thos...
Jan 7, 2021