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Feds launch process to develop legislation on Indigenous-controlled health care
OTTAWA - The federal government will work with Indigenous leaders to co-develop legislation aimed at giving First Nations, Metis and Inuit people control over the delivery of health care in their comm...
Jan 28, 2021

Health minister says Ottawa failing Albertans on COVID-19 vaccine
Health Minister Tyler Shandro says he's frustrated by the delays and lower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine shipments, saying Alberta is ready and able to push ahead with its immunization program as fas...
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

TREX wants to show local artistic talent to the province
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Alberta Foundation for the Arts is looking for the next round of area artists to showcase across the province.The Travelling Exhibition Program, also known as TREX, has launched...
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

WATCH: Hinshaw, Shandro to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 4:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on COVID-19. She will be joined by Health Minister Tyler Shandro.
Jan 28, 2021