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Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions
BOSTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos...
Nov 12, 2020
Clinicians worry pandemic is worsening youth mental health
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's children's representative says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inadequacies in mental health services as experts brace for rising rates of anxiety, depression and po...
Nov 12, 2020
Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought
A newly published study concludes that emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas production are twice as high as previously thought.The research by Environment Canada scientists says previ...
Nov 12, 2020
US consumer prices unchanged in October, lowest in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in October, the lowest reading in five months and an indication that a price spike over the summer is beginning to fade as coronavirus cases begin to s...
Nov 12, 2020
709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates
WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly heal...
Nov 12, 2020
Grande Prairie City Council begins 2021 municipal budget deliberations Thursday
Grande Prairie City Council will be kicking off two days of deliberations over the 2021 City budget Thursday morning.The budget presented by administration proposes a 1.5 per cent increase in municipa...
Nov 12, 2020
AJHL Commissioner says he's excited for return of junior hockey in Alberta
For the first time since early March when the Alberta Junior Hockey League season was cancelled, the league is finally preparing to drop the puck on the 2020-21 regular season on November 13.Many wond...
Nov 12, 2020
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : In The News for Nov. 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 12, 2020
COVID faceoff: Manitoba hunkering down for second time to fight spread of virus
WINNIPEG - Today is the day Manitoba goes into a self-imposed economic and social hibernation to try to bring surging COVID-19 numbers back under control. The province has been struggling to slow the ...
Nov 12, 2020
Alek Minassian's murder trial for carrying out Toronto van attack resumes
TORONTO - The trial for the man who killed 10 people and hurt 16 others in a van attack in Toronto resumes today.Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty and has raised a defence of being not criminally ...
Nov 12, 2020