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461 new COVID cases in Alberta with 20 in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.461 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the tota...
Jan 28, 2021

Botticelli painting sells for $92 million at auction in NYC
NEW YORK - A small painting by Sandro Botticelli sold at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday for $92.2 million, an auction record for the Renaissance master. The work, "Young Man Holding a Roundel," fro...
Jan 28, 2021

Netflix leads GLAAD Media Awards for LGBTQ representation
NEW YORK - Netflix is once again the top contender at the GLAAD Media Awards with 26 nominations, snapping up film nods for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "The Prom," comedy series nominations for "De...
Jan 28, 2021

Kenny Chesney group helps install artificial reef in Florida
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Country music superstar Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Reefs organization is helping to install an artificial reef off of Florida's Atlantic coast. The organization and other marine gro...
Jan 28, 2021

James Goldston stepping down as top ABC News executive
NEW YORK - ABC News President James Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years of leading the news division. The low-profile Goldston leaves at a time...
Jan 28, 2021

Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73
Corky Lee, a photojournalist who spent five decades spotlighting the often ignored Asian and Pacific Islander American communities, has died. He was 73. Lee died Wednesday in New York City's Queens bo...
Jan 28, 2021

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Montreal police officer shot during traffic stop
Montreal police say one of their officers was shot in the upper body during a traffic stop this afternoon.Police say the incident took place just before 4 p.m. in the city's Park-Extension neighbourho...
Jan 28, 2021

Canadian Antony Auclair, Tampa Bay Buccaneers preparing to face Chiefs in Super Bowl
Canadian tight end Antony Auclair is still having trouble accepting that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the first team in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in their home city. The Buccaneers punch...
Jan 28, 2021

Victims of mosque attack to be honoured by national day of remembrance, action
OTTAWA - The federal government intends to make Jan. 29 a day to honour victims of the deadly 2017 attack on a Quebec City mosque.Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault made the announcement Thu...
Jan 28, 2021

WHL season kicks off February 26
LETHBRIDGE, AB- After delaying the start of the 2021 WHL season due to COVID, the WHL has announced its new start date of Friday, February 26, 2021.Five WHL teams in Alberta will form the Central Divi...
Jan 28, 2021