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Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 s...
Dec 13, 2020
Individual extracted from vehicle after it went over embankment near Halcourt
One person had to be pulled from a vehicle late Friday night after it went over an embankment in the Red Willow river valley near Halcourt. Crews from Beaverlodge, Wembley and the Dunes fire stations ...
Dec 13, 2020
Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 s...
Dec 13, 2020
Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?
OTTAWA - When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the pr...
Dec 13, 2020
Prairie Mall to remain operating as normal despite new COVID-19 restrictions
As new COVID-19 restrictions come into place across Alberta, the Prairie Mall in Grande Prairie says it won't be impacted too much. The new restrictions issued by the Government of Alberta will make i...
Dec 13, 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions now in effect across Alberta
As of December 13, the Province of Alberta has implemented new COVID-19 restrictions for the entire province.The following restrictions will be in effect for a minimum of four weeks:All casinos and gy...
Dec 13, 2020
Silent nights: Germany tightens lockdown over festive period
BERLIN - Most stores shut, tight limits on social contacts, no singing in church and a ban on fireworks sales: Germany is ratcheting up its pandemic restrictions in an effort to cut the stubbornly hig...
Dec 13, 2020
Sudan's PM visits Ethiopia, as Tigray refugees top 50,000
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday arrived in Ethiopia, his office said, amid a growing refugee crisis that has seen more than 50,000 Ethiopians flee conflict in the Tigray region into n...
Dec 13, 2020
Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll
The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States were set to pull out of a Michigan manufacturing plant Sunday, with the shots that are critical to stopping the nat...
Dec 13, 2020
Officials: Bomb and gun attacks in Afghan capital kill 3
KABUL - Separate bomb and gun attacks on Sunday left at least three dead in Afghanistan's capital, local police said, a day after a barrage of mortar shells shook the city. A sticky bomb attached to a...
Dec 13, 2020