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Mossimo Giannulli reports to prison in college bribery case
BOSTON - Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters' way into college, officials said. Giannulli's wife, "Full...
Nov 19, 2020
Court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21 temporarily suspended after positive COVID test
MONTREAL - The court challenge to Quebec's secularism law has been temporarily suspended after a person who had attended the proceedings tested positive for COVID-19.Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre ...
Nov 19, 2020
Singh calls for end to for-profit long-term care homes owned by government
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and union officials are calling on Ottawa to put a stop to its role in for-profit long-term care homes, where deadly COVID-19 outbreaks are worsening as the second wa...
Nov 19, 2020
Alberta expecting 680,000 COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical health officer says the province is expecting to receive approximately 680,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine early in the new year.But Dr. Deena Hinshaw cautions there a...
Nov 19, 2020
STARS busier with respiratory disease patients
STARS says it has been busier than usual moving patients with respiratory illnesses lately.The air ambulances chief medical officer Dr. J-N Armstrong says these calls usually make up seven per cent of...
Nov 19, 2020
2020 Fort Macleod Santa Claus Parade cancelled
FORT MACLEOD, AB - Some unfortunate holiday news has come out from Fort Macleod.The annual Santa Claus Parade has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic."I had high hopes that we were going to be...
Nov 19, 2020
GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range
DETROIT - General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years. The technology also wil...
Nov 19, 2020
Mark Jensen, 51, of Foremost reported missing
FOREMOST, AB- Bow Island RCMP received a report of a missing male on November 11, 2020. 51-year-old Mark Jensen was last seen Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, near his residence in Foremost. All of Jensen's ve...
Nov 19, 2020
A second case of COVID confirmed at Kainai Continuing Care Centre
STANDOFF, AB - The Blood Tribe has confirmed another positive case of COVID-19 at the Kainai Continuing Care Centre.Earlier this week, a positive infection was reported at the facility. More informati...
Nov 19, 2020
Calgary-born entrepreneur Rahul Sood buys stake in Sri Lankan cricket team
A millionaire at 19 after creating Voodoo PC, Calgary-born Rahul Sood says he went on to lose most of his bankroll. But there have been more hits than misses thanks to time spent with Hewlett-Packard ...
Nov 19, 2020