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Apology issued after newspaper editorial compares COVID restrictions to Holocaust
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 ed...
Mar 29, 2021

Grande Prairie adds 34 new COVID-19 cases, five recoveries
There were 34 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the City of Grande Prairie for March 28 as well as five recoveries, bringing the active caseload up to 226.There were six new cases and three recoveri...
Mar 29, 2021

Alberta pausing use of AstraZeneca vaccine in those under 55
Alberta is temporarily pausing the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in people under 55 years old.The decision comes after a recommendation from Canada's National Advisory Committee on Im...
Mar 29, 2021

Opposition blasts Liberals for sending House leader instead of PM staff to talk WE
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are expressing frustration and anger after the Liberal government sent its House leader to answer a parliamentary committee's questions today on a now-dead WE Chari...
Mar 29, 2021

Canada should be ready to weather any export issues to deal with China: O'Toole
WINNIPEG - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Canada has to work closely with its allies to counterbalance China's actions while recognizing that could mean risks to Canadian exports. O'Toole was s...
Mar 29, 2021

Alberta Sheriffs shut down Whitecourt drug house
Following an investigation, the Alberta Sheriffs unit has closed a property in Whitecourt that was a source of drug activity in the community.SCAN (Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods unit) says thei...
Mar 29, 2021

RCMP open investigation into death of cow near High Prairie
The RCMP have opened an investigation into the death of a cow found alongside Township Road 742 near High Prairie.At approximately 8:25 p.m. on March 28, officers responded to a report of a slaughtere...
Mar 29, 2021

Shooter at Kansas Jewish centres appeals death sentence
LIBERTY, Mo. - The death sentence of an avowed anti-Semite who fatally shot three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites in 2014 should be overturned because he was incapable of understanding...
Mar 29, 2021

Metcalf loves her 'weirdo B storyline' on TV's 'The Conners'
NEW YORK - Laurie Metcalf smiles and laughs when she thinks of her character Jackie and her assorted misadventures on the "Roseanne" spinoff, "The Conners." Dating back to her introduction in Roseanne...
Mar 29, 2021

Tribeca plans in-person, outdoor film festival for June
NEW YORK - The Tribeca Film Festival said Monday that it plans to hold its 20th edition in-person this June and with outdoor screenings spread throughout New York's five boroughs. The springtime festi...
Mar 29, 2021