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Greenland election shows divide over rare-earth metals mine
HELSINKI - Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the sparsely popula...
Apr 06, 2021
US boosts aid to Palestinians as some in Congress cry foul
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is moving again to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians as it fires up a new Mideast policy that is directly opposite of the one pursued by its predecesso...
Apr 06, 2021
Toronto FC up for CONCACAF Champions League challenge of Mexico's Club Leon
Toronto FC kicks off its 2021 season in deep water Wednesday, taking on Club Leon in Mexico in the first leg of their Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League round-of-16 tie. The timing of the tournament...
Apr 06, 2021
South Peace Regional Archives unveils new exhibit
A new virtual exhibit has been launched by the South Peace Regional Archives.The new exhibit, "Close Contact at the Archives," highlights the ongoing work at the Archives throughout the course of the ...
Apr 06, 2021
Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds
CALGARY - An expert in plagiarism says parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit.Sarah Elaine Eaton, a profess...
Apr 06, 2021
California's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California prosecutor filed 33 criminal charges Tuesday against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire officials blamed on the utility. The Sonoma County di...
Apr 06, 2021
Grande Prairie man involved with grassroots organization calls for a new curriculum
A father, business owner, and author from Grande Prairie has joined the grassroots organization Albertans Reject Curriculum Draft (ARCD) to call for the draft K-6 curriculum to be thrown out, and a ne...
Apr 06, 2021
Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds
CALGARY - An expert in plagiarism says parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit.Sarah Elaine Eaton, a profess...
Apr 06, 2021
California plans to lift most pandemic restrictions June 15
SAN FRANCISCO - California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15, with officials saying enough people should be vaccinated by then to allow for life to almos...
Apr 06, 2021
Montreal mosque says windows broken after man shot at building with air pistol
Montreal police say they will be investigating a video posted to social media that appears to show a man shooting an air pistol at a city mosque. The Centre Communautaire Islamique Assahaba in east-en...
Apr 06, 2021