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Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical
PHOENIX - A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said. The cause of th...
Jan 22, 2021
Couple charged after travelling to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccine
WHITEHORSE - A cabinet minister says a couple from outside Yukon travelled to a remote community in the territory this week and received doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Community Services Minister John Stre...
Jan 22, 2021
Thousands of Hong Kongers locked down to contain coronavirus
HONG KONG - Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city, authorities said. Hong Kong has been grappling to contain a...
Jan 22, 2021
Canada's Nick Taylor in the mix at PGA's The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Canada's Nick Taylor shot a second round of 6-under 66 Friday to put him in the mix at the PGA's The American Express. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., was in second place among Frid...
Jan 22, 2021
Alberta premier wants direct compensation from U.S. if KXL pipeline dead
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is making another demand of Justin Trudeau over the Keystone XL pipeline ahead of the prime minister's call today with new U.S. President Joe Biden.In a letter to Trudeau,...
Jan 22, 2021
Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threat
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking be...
Jan 22, 2021
Second Grande Prairie school added to COVID-19 alert list
A second school in Grande Prairie has been added to the province's COVID-19 alert list.Alberta Health has listed Derek Taylor Public School on its alert map, after at least two cases were confirmed at...
Jan 22, 2021
Rotary House removed from COVID-19 outbreak site list
Alberta Health has removed the Rotary House from its list of COVID-19 outbreak sites, indicating the outbreak at the shelter is considered over. Outbreaks are reported publicly at sites such as shelte...
Jan 22, 2021
COVID-19 fatality recorded in City of Grande Prairie, 23 new cases
The fifteenth death to be linked to COVID-19 has been recorded in the City of Grande Prairie.Alberta Health says the fatality was a woman in her 90's, linked to the outbreak at the Prairie Lake Suppor...
Jan 22, 2021
Dabrowski plans to 'wing it' with new partner as hard 14-day quarantine limits plans
Gabriela Dabrowski's original plan for the Australian swing was to practise with her new doubles partner and get some training in during a two-week quarantine period in Melbourne. A hard hotel room lo...
Jan 22, 2021