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Millennial Money: Minimalist tips to maximize the holidays

This year, consumers plan to spend $998 on average on items such as gifts

Nov 7, 2020 10:45 AM Read more >

Group home for adults with Down syndrome opens in Okotoks

Daylen's Place features two 4,200 square-foot homes, one for males and one for females ready for independent living and learning opportunities.

Nov 7, 2020 10:15 AM Read more >

Canadian artists draw attention to Signal for Help campaign and domestic violence

The campaign was introduced earlier this year as a way for people to discreetly communicate over video call

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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US

WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

Nov 7, 2020 9:42 AM Read more >

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

Nov 7, 2020 9:30 AM Read more >

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.

Nov 7, 2020 8:00 AM Read more >

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

Nov 6, 2020 2:15 PM Read more >

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.

Nov 6, 2020 1:15 PM Read more >

Infectious disease expert says human case of rare swine flu likely a one-off

"Most of the avian and swine influenza strains aren't all that good at spreading between people," Saxinger explained

Nov 6, 2020 12:45 PM Read more >

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

The results confirm one thing that has been suspected for years

Nov 6, 2020 12:15 PM Read more >