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No biological explanation to tie AstraZeneca vaccine to blood clots: Sharma
OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says there is no scientific explanation to suggest a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots.Dr. Supriya Sharma says Health ...
Mar 12, 2021

Lethbridge Public Library reopening March 17 with restrictions
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Both branches of the Lethbridge Public Library are allowed to open after over two months of being closed.In accordance with Alberta's public health restrictions, libraries are able to ...
Mar 12, 2021

Probe faults mayor, officials for keeping Prude death secret
NEW YORK - An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude's police suffocation death last year in Rochester, New York, is faulting the city's mayor and former police chief for keeping cri...
Mar 12, 2021

Vlhova wins slalom in Åre to reclaim overall lead
RE, Sweden - Petra Vlhova is back on course to become the first Slovakian to win skiing's overall World Cup title. Vlhova defended her first-run advantage in a slalom to claim her 20th career victory ...
Mar 12, 2021

Highway maintenance projects on the books for 2021 in Southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government is putting $1.5-billion into capital maintenance and renewal projects this year.They are highlighting another section of the newly-unveiled 2021 budget.READ MOR...
Mar 12, 2021

Gunmen abduct 30 students from school in northwest Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students just weeks after a similar attack in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest abduction...
Mar 12, 2021

Canada one step closer to being negligible-risk country for mad cow disease
OTTAWA - The federal minister of agriculture says Canada is an important step closer to being recognized as a negligible-risk country for mad cow disease. Marie-Claude Bibeau says in a news release th...
Mar 12, 2021

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat with second highest jobless rate in Alberta in February
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region had the second highest unemployment rate in Alberta last month.In February, the jobless rate came out to 11.1 per cent. That's down slightly from 11...
Mar 12, 2021

Almodóvar returns to the female universe with Penélope Cruz
NEW YORK - Pedro Almodvar exposed all his vulnerability in the semi-autobiographical film "Pain and Glory." Now he returns his focus to women not only with the short film "The Human Voice", an Oscar h...
Mar 12, 2021

A peek behind the masks, precautions at the pandemic Grammys
LOS ANGELES - I have covered the Grammy Awards for the Associated Press for 15 years. But this strange year feels like the first time. Built around performances, full of singing and shouting, and with...
Mar 12, 2021