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Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centres

Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centres

The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside offices where workers are counting the votes that
Kenney asks Edmonton and Calgary residents to stop at-home social gatherings

Kenney asks Edmonton and Calgary residents to stop at-home social gatherings

“All that we have accomplished together is now at risk,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said. He added if these new measures introduced today don’t bend the curve, “even tougher choices” will have to be made in the days ahead and more stringent measures will have to be introduced.
Help Eliminate All Diabetes – Let’s Cure It

Help Eliminate All Diabetes – Let’s Cure It

Be one of the million…donate $22 today! World Diabetes Day: volunteer group aims to raise $22 million to support cure based diabetes research EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov.
Calgary's Tate McRae on rising to global pop fame in a pandemic

Calgary's Tate McRae on rising to global pop fame in a pandemic

The 17-year-old performer has become a bonafide star of the lockdown
Ranks of long-term unemployed swell even as economy added 84,000 jobs in October

Ranks of long-term unemployed swell even as economy added 84,000 jobs in October

Long-term unemployed now make up 24.8 per cent of Canada's unemployed
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call

EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral college votes needed for victory.
Arctic animals showing climate adaptation, but it may be causing declines: study

Arctic animals showing climate adaptation, but it may be causing declines: study

The results confirm one thing that has been suspected for years
Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy

Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy

Alberta reports having vaccinated nearly 600,000 people in just the first week the flu shot was available
Dunfield believed to be first Métis president of NAIG Council

Dunfield believed to be first Métis president of NAIG Council

Dunfield is chair of the Indigenous Sport Council of Alberta (ISCA)
Alberta auditor flags $1.6B in government accounting blunders, oversight problems

Alberta auditor flags $1.6B in government accounting blunders, oversight problems

EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general has flagged $1.6 billion worth of accounting blunders along with other oversight problems by Premier Jason Kenney’s government.
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