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Manitoba court rules suit related to CWB sale can proceed
A release from the group Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board says a court ruling in Manitoba has gone in its favour.It says the Manitoba Court of Appeal has ruled that a legal action against the Gover...
Dec 7, 2020
County approves funding for La Glace water system upgrades
County of Grande Prairie Council has confirmed $250,000 for upgrades to the La Glace Water Treatment System, which will serve as its contribution towards the $1 million project.The remaining 75 per ce...
Dec 7, 2020
No Bojan, Jorge Corrales on Montreal Impact's Champions League roster
MONTREAL - Some big names will be missing from the lineup when the Montreal Impact return to the field. The club has announced its 25-man roster for next week's CONCACAF Champions League game in Orlan...
Dec 7, 2020
Sexsmith residents mail over 500 Christmas cards to Canadian Armed Forces members
The Town of Sexsmith is continuing what it hopes will become a new holiday tradition. Last week, residents of Sexsmith and the surrounding area mailed off 518 Christmas cards to Canadian Armed Forces ...
Dec 7, 2020
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place...
Dec 7, 2020
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place...
Dec 7, 2020
2020 indelible TV moments: Trebek, debate bluster and Floyd
When the coronavirus pushed people out of the world and into homebound isolation, the small-screen's role grew bigger than ever. Television and its mobile iterations bore witness to a tumultuous year ...
Dec 7, 2020
Prime Minister says first COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving this month
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first COVID-19 vaccine doses are on track to arrive this month, as tough new measures took effect in Prince Edward Island and Ontario hit a new daily case record...
Dec 7, 2020
Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
NEW YORK - Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending. Woodward is teaming with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa on a book about the waning day...
Dec 7, 2020
Adin Steinsaltz, groundbreaking Talmud translator, dies
JERUSALEM - Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, a prolific Jewish scholar who spent 45 years compiling a monumental and ground-breaking translation of the Talmud, has died. He was 83. The Steinsaltz Ce...
Dec 7, 2020