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COVID-19 case confirmed at Harry Balfour School
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division says a case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Harry Balfour School in Grande Prairie. The division says in a news release issued Wednesday that families and sta...
Dec 2, 2020
Fed and Treasury urge Congress to approve more virus relief
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress to approve COVID-19 relief funds without further delay, though Democrats continued to attack a ...
Dec 2, 2020
Half of people living in territories assaulted at least once after age 15: survey
EDMONTON - More than half of women and men living in Canada's territories reported being victims of at least one sexual or physical assault after their mid-teens. Statistics Canada says there were few...
Dec 2, 2020
Hamilton's Forge FC headed to Honduras next in CONCACAF Champions League quest
Hamilton's Forge FC is headed to Honduras for another attempt to secure a berth in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the confederation's top-tier club competition. The Canadian Premier League ...
Dec 2, 2020
Refugee advocates criticize Canada's decision to resume deportations during COVID-19
MONTREAL - Refugee advocates are criticizing Canada's decision to resume deportations before the country irons out the details of a program to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers who have been...
Dec 2, 2020
Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021: feds
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will not meet a marquee pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lift all boil-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. Indigenous Service...
Dec 2, 2020
Sliding into a new sport: CFLers turn to bobsled after football season wiped out
Montreal Alouettes running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence is used to psyching himself up to sprint down a field, evading a crush of muscled men the entire way. But mentally preparing for his latest ve...
Dec 2, 2020
Miles, Brodeur-Jourdan both given new roles on 2021 Montreal Alouettes coaching staff
MONTREAL - Barron Miles and Luc Brodeur-Jourdain will have added responsibilities with the Montreal Alouettes in 2021. The Alouettes promoted Miles to defensive co-ordinator and Brodeur-Jourdain was n...
Dec 2, 2020
Australia bounces out of recession as economy grows 3.3%
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Australia's economy grew by 3.3% in the third quarter, rebounding from its first recession in nearly three decades as it recovered from pandemic-related shocks, according to ...
Dec 2, 2020
Researchers say widespread lake drainage on tundra another sign of climate change
Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what's in store for Canada's North. Between 2017 and 2018, 192 lakes in northwest Alaska lost at least a quarter of t...
Dec 2, 2020