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Fourth case of COVID-19 detected at BRHS
Peace Wapiti Public School Division says a fourth case of COVID-19 has been detected at Beaverlodge Regional High School. In a release issued on Saturday, the school district said the individual last ...
Feb 14, 2021

Commons must decide whether to accept, reject Senate amendments to MAID bill
OTTAWA - A power struggle between the elected House of Commons and the appointed Senate could erupt this week over the emotional issue of medical assistance in dying. Senators have already approved fi...
Feb 14, 2021

Virtual events planned for Black History Month in Grande Prairie
The Grande Prairie Intercultural Association has partnered with the Grande Prairie Public Library to hold virtual events that create an opportunity for learning and discussions to mark Black History M...
Feb 14, 2021

Scammers trying to take advantage of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre is warning of scammers trying to take advantage of people by using the vaccine roll-out to get personal and financial information from people.The warning comes following...
Feb 14, 2021

Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests
MOSCOW - When the team of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged people to come out to their residential courtyards and shine their cellphone flashlights in a display of unity, many...
Feb 14, 2021

Burmese in Japan march in protest of military coup
TOKYO - Thousands of people from Myanmar living in Japan marched in downtown Tokyo on Sunday to protest the military coup back home, some holding photos of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and signs dep...
Feb 14, 2021

Kosovo votes for new parliament amid pandemic
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's voters defied freezing weather to take part in an early parliamentary election Sunday to form a new government amid the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and stall...
Feb 14, 2021

Powerful Japan quake sets off landslide, minor injuries
TOKYO - Residents in northeastern Japan on Sunday cleaned up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong earthquake set off a landslide on a highway, damaged buildings and parts of bullet tr...
Feb 14, 2021

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centred on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There...
Feb 14, 2021

Biden White House seeks to turn page on Trump
WASHINGTON - The end of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial opens a new chapter for his successor in the White House. But while President Joe Biden and his team are eager to move past th...
Feb 14, 2021