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'Caring for others:' Mosque, synagogue advise Alberta church to follow COVID-19 rules
EDMONTON - Leaders with a mosque and a synagogue in Edmonton have a message for an area Christian church that has been routinely holding services that violate COVID-19 restrictions. While they sympath...
Apr 03, 2021
County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings disappointed with season cancellation
The County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings are looking ahead to next season after the Northwest Junior Hockey League (NWJHL) announced they will not be able to return to the ice for the 2020-21 season.In ...
Apr 03, 2021
Lack of testing capability brings fear of unreported, untreated cases of STIs
With the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions limiting testing capabilities through 2020, an official with Northreach Society says there's concerns of undiagnosed cases of sexually transmitted infections (S...
Apr 03, 2021
Authors of UK racism report hit back at 'misrepresentation'
LONDON - The commission behind a report that concluded that Britain doesn't have a systemic problem with racism has defended itself against critics, some of whom have argued that it downplayed the cou...
Apr 03, 2021
Germany faces 'crisis of trust' in pandemic, president says
FRANKFURT - Germany's president says the country is enduring a "crisis of trust" and urged people to "pull together" as they weather a second Easter amid pandemic restrictions and dissatisfaction over...
Apr 03, 2021
Officials seek to convince skeptical public of vaccine safety
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer wouldn't hesitate to roll up his sleeve if the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were offered to him tomorrow, he said this week. Dr. Howard Njoo, along w...
Apr 03, 2021
UK regulator reports 30 clot cases linked to AstraZeneca jab
LONDON - Britain's medicines regulator said it has identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events associated with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine but stressed the benefits "continue to outweigh any...
Apr 03, 2021
Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest in deadly train crash
HUALIEN COUNTY, Taiwan - Prosecutors in Taiwan on Saturday sought an arrest warrant for the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a train track and caused the country's worst rail disaster in de...
Apr 03, 2021
South Korean foreign minister meets Chinese counterpart
HONG KONG - South Korea's foreign minister met his Chinese counterpart in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen on Saturday, as Seoul seeks to improve ties with its top trading partner even as U.S.-Chin...
Apr 03, 2021
Officer killed in attack outside Capitol an 18-year veteran
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at a barricade was identified as an 18-year veteran of the force. William "Billy" Evans join...
Apr 03, 2021