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'Just move on': Alberta trucker protest may have left a community divided
COUTTS, Alta. - A protest that closed the main crossing between Alberta and the United States may have ended this week, but there's some concern it has created a different kind of division in the bord...
Feb 19, 2022
'Just move on': Alberta trucker protest may have left a community divided
COUTTS, Alta. - A protest that closed the main crossing between Alberta and the United States may have ended this week, but there's some concern it has created a different kind of division in the bord...
Feb 19, 2022
Numerous events for P.A. residents to enjoy this Family Day long weekend
The Family Day long weekend has arrived and for those looking to get out in the community, there are plenty of events to attend.The Prince Albert Winter Festival is just one week into the annual tradi...
Feb 19, 2022
By a toe: Canadian speedskater Blondin captures silver in dramatic mass start finish
BEIJING - Six-hundredths of a second. The difference between gold and silver for Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin came down to the final straightaway sprint after 16 laps in the women's mass start ...
Feb 19, 2022
Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin earns mass start Olympic silver medal
BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won an Olympic silver medal in the women's mass start Saturday in Beijing. The 31-year-old from Ottawa also won gold in the team pursuit with Isabelle Wei...
Feb 19, 2022
Hong Kong reports more than 6,000 new cases in virus surge
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong reported 15 coronavirus deaths and more than 6,000 confirmed cases for a second day in a surge the Chinese territory's leader says its overwhelming hospitals. Also Saturday,...
Feb 19, 2022
Michigan woman turning 100 adds another tattoo
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan woman soon will celebrate a milestone birthday. How old? Look at her decorative upper arm. Gloria Weberg has "NY NY 1922" tattooed on her left arm, the year and pla...
Feb 19, 2022
Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use
VANCOUVER - Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in Britis...
Feb 19, 2022
Quebec health system unprepared to handle Omicron-fuelled long COVID cases
Montrealer Claudia Hbert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Universit de M...
Feb 19, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China. Foreig...
Feb 19, 2022
