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Confrontation at German coronavirus protest goes viral
BERLIN - A video went viral Sunday in Germany of a confrontation at a coronavirus protest, where a young woman compared herself to a famous Nazi resistance fighter only to be confronted by a security ...
Nov 22, 2020
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
PHILADELPHIA - As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centred o...
Nov 22, 2020
City provides extra $50,000 to Local Marketing Grant for businesses
The City of Grande Prairie's Economic Recovery Committee has allocated an additional $50,000 to the Local Marketing Grant as part of their COVID-19 Economic Recovery Program. Back in August, $500,000 ...
Nov 22, 2020
More provinces sign up for rent benefit as Liberals set up promised housing council
OTTAWA - Seven provinces have signed on to a federal rent assistance program created as part of the national housing strategy, newly released documents show. So far, the Liberals have only announced d...
Nov 22, 2020
Amid travel break, pope cheers Lisbon youth jamboree plans
VATICAN CITY - With no papal travels abroad this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis is cheering efforts for a youth jamboree, traditionally attended by pontiffs, in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2...
Nov 22, 2020
Exclusion of mental illness in assisted dying-bill slammed by psychiatrists
OTTAWA - The federal bill revising the rules on medically assisted death in Canada has raised the ire of the Canadian Psychiatric Association over the proposed law's explicit rejection of mental illne...
Nov 22, 2020
Peace River man hopes to inspire others through winter ice baths
John Mark Earle is going for a personal record of 150 consecutive days of swimming in the frozen river and lakes this winter, and hopes his story will inspire others to push themselves as well.Earle, ...
Nov 22, 2020
Nigerian soldiers had live ammo during deadly protest
LAGOS, Nigeria - The Nigerian Army has admitted for the first time that soldiers were given live bullets when they went to disperse a large crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, where several peacef...
Nov 22, 2020
Man killed in shark attack in Western Australia state
SYDNEY, Australia - A man died Sunday after being attacked by a shark in Western Australia state, the eighth fatality in the country this year. Police were called to Cable Beach, a popular tourist spo...
Nov 22, 2020
UK leader to end England's coronavirus lockdown on Dec. 2
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to end an England-wide lockdown as scheduled on Dec. 2 and will announce a return to regional restrictions as statistics show that coronavirus infec...
Nov 22, 2020