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AHS confirms 1,521 COVID cases in Alberta, 44% are variants
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.1,521 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing th...
Apr 9, 2021
UVic, women's rowing coach deny former athlete's allegation of verbal abuse
VANCOUVER - The University of Victoria and the head coach of its women's rowing team have denied allegations of demeaning and aggressive treatment made in a lawsuit filed last summer by a former stude...
Apr 9, 2021
Alberta officially free of Potato Cyst Nematode
TABER, AB. -- Trade prospects have improved for Alberta potato Growers, as the province has been deemed free of potato cyst nematode (PCN). PCN is a destructive pest that lives in the soil, and is reg...
Apr 9, 2021
Federal prison chaplains ratify first contract agreement, union says
OTTAWA - Unionized federal prison chaplains have ratified a contract that includes wage increases and improved working conditions. The United Steelworkers union says the contract - the chaplains' firs...
Apr 9, 2021
'Nothing less than a giant': Rapper-actor DMX dies at 50
NEW YORK - DMX, the raspy hip-hop artist behind the songs "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" and "Party Up (Up in Here)" who had one of rap's most distinctive voices - literally and metaphorically - has died, acco...
Apr 9, 2021
Study: Facebook delivers biased job ads, skewed by gender
Facebook is showing different job ads to women and men in a way that might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, according to a new study. University of Southern California researchers who examined t...
Apr 9, 2021
WHL suspends play of Hitmen and Tigers for COVID contact tracing
CALGARY, AB- Due to COVID-19 contact tracing with the Calgary Hitmen and the Medicine Hat Tigers, upcoming games have been suspended.The positive COVID-19 test results belong to a player within the te...
Apr 9, 2021
QMJHL hopes to start playoffs later this month, while two WHL teams press pause
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced a playoff plan in the midst of a COVID-19 suspension for all Quebec-based teams on Friday, while two teams in the Western Hockey League are h...
Apr 9, 2021
Nurse, capturing the feeling of a nation, gets stuck in mud
BOSTON - Camille Coelho just wanted to take a stroll on the beach and look for some sea glass. Instead, the Massachusetts nurse ended up feeling the way so many have felt during the pandemic: she was ...
Apr 9, 2021
Canada's Bottcher heads into men's world curling playoffs on a winning note
CALGARY - Canada's Brendan Bottcher capped the preliminary round at the men's world curling championship with a 9-6 win over Germany and prepared for a playoff game later Friday. The host country fini...
Apr 9, 2021