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Observers question new Alberta environment, social, governance job posting
EDMONTON - The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about talk than action, observers s...
Mar 29, 2021
Canada expecting to receive 3.3M vaccine doses this week
OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days. Th...
Mar 29, 2021
Call me by my name: Rome school backs transgender students
ROME - The Ripetta school of art in Rome recently joined a handful of high schools in Italy that give transgender students the right to be known by a name other than the one they were given at birth. ...
Mar 29, 2021
AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
BEIJING - A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extremel...
Mar 28, 2021
Canada's men's soccer team won't play in Tokyo Olympics after 2-0 loss to Mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada has fallen short in its bid for its first Olympic men's soccer berth in 37 years.Uriel Antuna and Johan Vasquez scored to lift mighty Mexico to a 2-0 victory over Canada i...
Mar 28, 2021
McCollum, Lillard lead Blazers past Raptors 122-117
TAMPA, Fla. - CJ McCollum scored seven of his 23 points in the final two minutes and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-117 on Sunday night. Damian Lillard had 22 points and 11 as...
Mar 28, 2021
Grades 11 and 12 going online at Beaverlodge Regional High due to COVID-19
A third Peace Region high school is partially shifting to online learning next week, as a case at Beaverlodge Regional High School has led the division to shift Grades 11 and 12 to at-home learning du...
Mar 28, 2021
13 new COVID-19 cases, eight recoveries recorded in Grande Prairie
The City of Grande Prairie added 13 new cases of COVID-19 and eight recoveries for Saturday, March 27, raising the number of active cases in the Swan City to 197.Eight new cases and two recoveries wer...
Mar 28, 2021
St. Joe's moving Grade 10-12 students online amid rising COVID-19 cases in division
The Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools says due to a "higher-than-average" number of COVID-19 cases in the division and a looming staff shortage, students from St Joseph Catholic High School...
Mar 28, 2021
Canada's World Cup qualifying game postponed due to missing Caymans COVID tests
BRADENTON, Fla. - Canada's World Cup qualifying match against the Cayman Islands, scheduled for Sunday, has been pushed back to Monday because of an issue with COVID-19 testing among the Cayman camp. ...
Mar 28, 2021