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Capitol attack raises questions of security vs public access
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are trying to balance openness with safety after Friday's attack within steps of the Capitol, a challenge for Congress, nearly three months after a mob stormed the seat of Ameri...
Apr 4, 2021
Keep your guard up, Tam urges Canadians as COVID-19 disrupts Easter for second year
Canada's chief public health officer is urging people to keep their guard up as COVID-19 disrupts Easter celebrations for a second year. Theresa Tam wrote on Twitter that Canadians need to be careful ...
Apr 4, 2021
Canada drops 6-4 decision to Switzerland at world men's curling championship
CALGARY - Canada's Brendan Bottcher dropped a 6-4 decision to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in an extra end on Sunday at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship.Bottcher had a chanc...
Apr 4, 2021
Former bank governor Mark Carney among featured speakers at Liberal convention
OTTAWA - Mark Carney, long touted as a potential Liberal leader one day, will be a keynote speaker at the federal party's convention later this week. It's a political coming out party of sorts for the...
Apr 4, 2021
Crews take down grass fire in south Hays
HAYS, AB - The M.D. of Taber Regional Fire Service tackled a grass fire in south Hays on Saturday.Fortunately, the situation did not turn into one like what southern Albertans saw one week ago.READ MO...
Apr 4, 2021
Canada's COVID-19 case count surpasses one million
Canada has recorded more than a million cases of COVID-19 since the virus arrived in the country more than a year ago. The national tally inched past the bleak threshold on Saturday when British Colum...
Apr 4, 2021
Indonesia boat collision kills 2 fishermen, 15 missing
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A collision between a cargo ship and a fishing boat killed at least two fishermen and left 15 missing off Indonesia's main island of Java, officials said Sunday. The fishing boat ...
Apr 4, 2021
Guardians of Edehzhie: Protecting the land during the pandemic
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned. That was when COV...
Apr 4, 2021
Pilot project with WHL uses A.I. to test players for COVID-19
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Teams in the WHL are taking part in a pilot project for what could be a new way of testing patients for COVID-19.Light AI Inc. CEO Peter Whitehead says they have developed a smartphon...
Apr 4, 2021
Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY - Christianity's most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face coverings on a second Easter Sund...
Apr 4, 2021