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Hulu to produce, release '1619 Project' documentary series
NEW YORK - Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ...
Apr 01, 2021
A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
PHOENIX - A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities - its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its...
Apr 01, 2021
875 new COVID cases in Alberta with 71 in South Zone
EDMONTON, AB- Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.875 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the t...
Apr 01, 2021
Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality con...
Apr 01, 2021
Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies
MARIETTA, Ga. - A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man. Andreas Flaten's former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of...
Apr 01, 2021
Woodbine CEO 'cautiously optimistic' '21 thoroughbred season will open on time
TORONTO - Jim Lawson isn't giving up on Woodbine's thoroughbred racing season starting on time. On Thursday, the Ontario government announced the province will go into a four-week, provincewide shutdo...
Apr 01, 2021
Kenney pleads for COVID-safe activities over Easter long weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "Going into the Easter long weekend, I had hoped to be able to tell you that we had turned a corner in our fight against COVID-19, that the spread of the disease had slowed, and that ...
Apr 01, 2021
Texas Tech: Chris Beard leaving for Texas to replace Smart
AUSTIN, Texas - The athletic director at Texas Tech said Thursday that men's basketball coach Chris Beard has informed the school he is taking the job at Texas. Beard made the decision early Thursday,...
Apr 01, 2021
Blue Jays beat Yankees 3-2 in 10th inning as fans return
NEW YORK - Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat the New York Yankee...
Apr 01, 2021
Gas prices to remain high as pandemic continues: GasBuddy
Alberta drivers can expect to see gas prices at the pumps continue to be tied to the COVID-19 pandemic until things return to "normal" again.Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis with GasBuddy.c...
Apr 01, 2021