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Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines
LONDON - Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening...
Jan 5, 2021
World junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton achieved with few COVID-19 hiccups
The 2021 world junior men's hockey championship had a shaky start, but Hockey Canada, the International Ice Hockey Federation and Edmonton's organizing committee pulled it off in a global pandemic. Us...
Jan 5, 2021
People's Party leader and former MP Maxime Bernier travelled to Florida last fall
OTTAWA - The one-time Conservative cabinet minister and MP who broke ranks to form his own political party is among the Canadians who've headed south in recent months. Maxime Bernier, who leads the li...
Jan 5, 2021
Utah man pleads guilty in Yellowstone dig seeking treasure
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A Utah man has pleaded guilty after authorities said he was caught digging in a Yellowstone National Park cemetery in search of hidden treasure. Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, of Syracuse...
Jan 5, 2021
Reported virus issues at Ohio St raise spectre of CFP delay
College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said Tuesday the national championship game between Alabama and Ohio State is still a go for Monday night amid a report that the Buckeyes are h...
Jan 5, 2021
Stormwater utility models explored at Grande Prairie city committee meeting
The City's stormwater system may soon be funded through a new utility fee model, as initial discussions about the topic were held at a City standing committee meeting Tuesday.The presentation on the t...
Jan 5, 2021
US: Hack of federal agencies 'likely Russian in origin'
WASHINGTON - Top national security agencies in a rare joint statement Tuesday confirmed that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting...
Jan 5, 2021
Alberta health-care aide dies from COVID-19; fundraiser set up for man’s family
CALGARY - Alberta's health minister says the province has lost its first health-care worker due to COVID-19.Tyler Shandro said in a statement Monday that he was saddened to hear about the death and ex...
Jan 5, 2021
Canadian offensive lineman Liam Dobson still considering options on college transfer
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadian Liam Dobson to take matters into his own hands. Last month, the Maine Back Bears offensive lineman entered the NCAA transfer portal after the Colonial Athleti...
Jan 5, 2021
Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest
WASHINGTON - A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys from the nation's capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic black church and found with high-ca...
Jan 5, 2021