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Lack of Canadian vaccine production means others could get inoculations first: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months even as he acknowledged that other nations are likely to...
Nov 24, 2020
2 detained for speaking Spanish settle border patrol lawsuit
HELENA, Mont. - Two women who were detained in northern Montana by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for speaking Spanish while shopping at a convenience store have reached an undisclosed mone...
Nov 24, 2020
Four new additions introduced to Kodiak Women's Volleyball team
LETHBRIDGE, AB- In spite of very little sports going on around the region, the Lethbridge College Kodiaks Scouting team has been busy.An exciting crop of rookies has joined the Kodiak's roster this fa...
Nov 24, 2020
Two players test positive for COVID-19 at World Juniors selection camp
RED DEER, AB- Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that two players at its National Junior Team Selection Camp in Red Deer have tested positive for COVID-19.As a result, this morning's intrasquad game at t...
Nov 24, 2020
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet says contract negotiations were "easy"
Fred VanVleet did a pre-draft workout for one particular NBA team, who didn't know who he was when he showed up. He shot alone on a side basket with no coaches rebounding the ball. Nobody gave h...
Nov 24, 2020
Meng could have been arrested before going through customs: officer
VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who assisted in the arrest of Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport two years ago says the Huawei executive could have been arrested before going through customs. Const...
Nov 24, 2020
Alberta nurses union rejects proposal to delay contract talks to March 2021
EDMONTON, AB - The added pressure on Alberta's healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic lead to a proposed delay in negotiating a new collective agreement for nurses, although that proposal was ...
Nov 24, 2020
Alberta Appeal Court refuses to overturn one of killer's three murder convictions
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has refused to throw out one of the convictions against a man who was found guilty of killing a father and his two-year-old daughter as well as a senior. Derek Sa...
Nov 24, 2020
Twins Chase, Sydney Brown continuing to live their football dream at Illinois
Chase and Sydney Brown are again living their football dream. Growing up, the identical twins from London, Ont., often dreamt about playing U.S. college football together. That aspiration was put on h...
Nov 24, 2020
12 Grammy facts: BTS and Dr. Luke in, The Weeknd out
NEW YORK - Twelve things worth noting about Tuesday's nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards, from snubbed singers to posthumous nominees to famous folks competing for awards. ___ SNUBBED SINGERS The ...
Nov 24, 2020