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Zibanejad, Landeskog, Draisaitl named NHL's three stars of the week
New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad, Colorado Avalanche left-wing Gabriel Landeskog and Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl are the NHL's three stars of the week. Zibanejad topped the NHL wi...
Mar 09, 2020

NDP calls for moratorium on Clearview AI facial recognition software
OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to issue a moratorium on the use of controversial facial-recognition software by the RCMP. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to al...
Mar 09, 2020

Coronavirus: Three new presumptive cases in Alberta
Alberta's chief medical officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will provide information regarding three new presumptive cases of COVID-19 in the province.This brings the total amount of cases in the province to ...
Mar 09, 2020

US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says
WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul...
Mar 09, 2020

Trainers, vets, others charged in horse-drugging scheme
More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described Monday as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them ...
Mar 09, 2020

Teachers preparing for contract talks, worried about cuts: ATA President
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - The President of the Alberta Teachers Association says teachers are very concerned about potential cuts to education after the new provincial budget.Jason Schilling says the 2019 ...
Mar 09, 2020 Photo by Shane Clausing

Handcuffed Ronaldinho and brother appear in Paraguayan court
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Former soccer star Ronaldinho and his brother were taken in handcuffs to a courthouse in Paraguay on Saturday following their arrest for allegedly entering the country with falsif...
Mar 09, 2020

Red Deer, AHS at odds over cost of vacant senior's residence
RED DEER, AB - The City of Red Deer and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are at odds over what exactly it's costing to let Valley Park Manor sit empty.The former seniors' living facility, which is owned ...
Mar 09, 2020
BC school sanitized due to potential COVID-19 contamination
SURREY, B.C. - A school district in Metro Vancouver has suspended a community rental program and disinfected two buildings after potential contacts with the novel coronavirus.In a letter to Serpentine...
Mar 09, 2020

Alberta's finance minister visits Medicine Hat Monday as oil prices drop
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta's Finance Minister Travis Toews is in Medicine Hat today hosting a public meeting to discuss Budget 2020.The meeting takes place as oil prices tumble below the budget's fore...
Mar 09, 2020