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Well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino found in Siberia
MOSCOW - A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme north. Russian media reported Wednesday that the car...
Dec 30, 2020

Missouri senator to contest Electoral College win for Biden
WASHINGTON - Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday he will raise objections next week when Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the election, forcing House and Senate vote...
Dec 30, 2020

US stocks rise in afternoon trading as 2020 winds down
U.S. stocks are broadly higher in afternoon trading Wednesday as the effort to develop and distribute vaccines to fight the virus pandemic ramps up. The gains put the market back on positive footing f...
Dec 30, 2020

Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies from COVID-19
BATON ROUGE, La. - The death of a newly elected U.S. representative from Louisiana of complications related to COVID-19 stunned the state's political circles Wednesday and became the latest brutal rem...
Dec 30, 2020

Three more deaths from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, one a person in their thirties
A person in the 30 to 39 age range is one of three Saskatchewan residents diagnosed with COVID-19 who recently died from the disease. All three deaths were in the Saskatoon zone, with one person in th...
Dec 30, 2020

Wearable tech a defence against COVID-19 in world junior tournament "bubble"
What looks like a thin pack of gum is attached to Braden Schneider's event credential at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. It's a beacon providing both contact-tracing capability shoul...
Dec 30, 2020

Saskatchewan government backs battery recycling program
The Government of Saskatchewan has approved a program that can recycle all of those batteries that have died in the toys kids got for Christmas.In a media release Wednesday, the government announced i...
Dec 30, 2020

A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacy
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie Floyd, sit in a room inside the Lorr...
Dec 30, 2020

Hope and the Future: Local businesses gear up for a new year
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Local businesses were nega...
Dec 30, 2020

Quebec Liberal vacationing down south called home by party leader as criticism mounts
Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is being asked to return home amid mounting criticism over his decision to vacation in the Caribbean. A spokesperson for Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade confirmed ...
Dec 30, 2020