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Georgia voters head to polls to determine balance of power on tense Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voters in Georgia have shattered turnout records as they decide who will hold the balance of power on Capitol Hill. Nearly 3.1 million people have already cast ballots in today's tw...
Jan 05, 2021
Prince Albert Arts Centre Has Programs for All Ages
The Prince Albert Arts Centre, downtown Prince Albert, has just released it's Program Guide for the upcoming season filled with amazing programs in all artistic genres, cooking classes, family classes...
Jan 05, 2021
Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
LOS ANGELES - Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monda...
Jan 05, 2021
Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq returns from leave after 'burnout, depression'
OTTAWA - Nunavut's sole MP says she is back on the job after several months away from work due to what she described as "extreme burnout, depression and anxiety." Mumilaaq Qaqqaq announced in late Oct...
Jan 05, 2021
Top left tackle Stanley Bryant signs one-year extension with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Two-time CFL most outstanding lineman Stanley Bryant has signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Bryant returns for his sixth season in Winnipeg after originally signing...
Jan 05, 2021
Professor weighs political damage of Hargrave's travel mistake
A University of Regina professor says the wave of public outcry about the many other politicians across various provinces who travelled in breach of COVID guidance in recent weeks stacked up against P...
Jan 05, 2021
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...
Jan 05, 2021
Protected areas may not safeguard all that Canadians need them to: research
The natural regions Canada protects don't line up that well with where Canadians actually need them, research suggests. A paper published Tuesday concludes that the country's vast network of parks isn...
Jan 05, 2021
Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
BEIJING - The former head of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. was sentenced to death Tuesday for bribe taking in one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years....
Jan 05, 2021
Loyal soldier Pence torn between Trump, Constitution
WASHINGTON - He has been President Donald Trump's most loyal soldier, dutifully backing the unpredictable leader through one chaotic situation after another. Now Vice-President Mike Pence finds himsel...
Jan 05, 2021