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Horse racing at Evergreen Park inching closer to return
As Alberta's active COVID-19 case rate remains relatively low, it looks like horse racing across the province will be giving the green light to operate for the 2020 season.With only 400 active cases i...
Jun 2, 2020
Rental properties needed for Housing First program in Grande Prairie
The City of Grande Prairie's Community Advisory Board on Housing and Homelessness (CABH) is calling on property owners and managers to offer up affordable housing for the Housing First program.The pro...
Jun 2, 2020
High-speed Spanish passenger train hits car on track; 2 dead
MADRID - Two people were killed when a high-speed passenger train with more than 150 people on board hit a car on the tracks in northwest Spain on Tuesday. Emergency services said the locomotive derai...
Jun 2, 2020
COVID-19 testing now available to all Albertans regardless of symptoms
Albertans across the province and in the North Zone are now eligible for COVID-19 testing regardless of symptoms. The tests are offered by appointment and are free at Alberta Health Services (AHS) ass...
Jun 2, 2020
Police: Video shows man killed in Kentucky fired a gun
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Video shows that a popular barbecue shack operator fatally shot while police and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew in Louisville fired a gun as officers approached his ...
Jun 2, 2020
Embracing religious themes, Trump visits John Paul II shrine
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump toured a Catholic shrine on Tuesday in his second straight religious-themed appearance as the nation grappled with widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd ...
Jun 2, 2020
House of Commons can manage virtual voting securely if MPs want it, Speaker says
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says he is comfortable the technology is in place to safely allow MPs to vote remotely during the hybrid Parliament sittings. Rota tells the procedure an...
Jun 2, 2020
Israeli, Chinese policies 'concern' Canada, undermine freedom, says Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waded into the foreign policies of Israel and China, expressing concerns over separate but controversial positions that he says undermine peac...
Jun 2, 2020
With Italy at risk, Europe Central Bank could boost stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank could soon expand its anti-pandemic stimulus program to more than a trillion euros, giving it more firepower to keep the virus crisis from sliding into a new fina...
Jun 2, 2020
Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark "a pivotal moment" for the space economy. NASA astronaut...
Jun 2, 2020