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• Cash, guns and drugs seized following Didsbury bust

  Charges have been laid against a man following a significant seizure of drugs, cash and illegal weapons and firearms in the town of Didsbury this week.

  

• Central Alberta diner fears 'a slow death' from COVID-19 restrictions

  Along Alberta's Highway 21, northeast of Red Deer, lies the hamlet of Mirror, Alta. It's also where the latest battle against the province's COVID-19 regulations wages.

  

• Trudeau, Biden talk about Keystone XL yields no gushers

  Prime Minister Trudeau raised the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline in a Friday telephone conversation with U.S. President Biden, but from all accounts Biden is sticking to his decision.

• Vancouver couple charged after chartering plane to Yukon and getting COVID-19 vaccine, say officials

  Officials say the pair chartered a small plane to Beaver Creek, Yukon, where they were able to get the Moderna vaccine at a mobile clinic by saying they were local workers.

• Canadians turning to employment insurance in droves as second wave surges on

  Employment insurance (EI) collection is setting records in the country and in the province after another financial fallback was discontinued.

• WestJet cancels Calgary to Toronto flight to address indicator light in 737 MAX

  A Friday morning flight from Calgary to Toronto was cancelled as maintenance conducted a checklist to turn off a light on the monitoring system on board the Boeing 737 MAX.

• COVID-19 outbreak declared at Calgary Burger King restaurant

  A Burger King restaurant in southeast Calgary is among the latest additions to the province's COVID-19 outbreak list.

• Alberta family wants to bring remains of loved one who died of COVID-19 home

  The loved ones of a southern Alberta man are holding a fundraiser to help cover the high costs associated with bringing his body home from the U.S.

• 'What he's doing is awesome': Independent Calgary grocery store paying it forward

  'Local helping local’ is more than just a slogan for Darren Hollman this week

• Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19

  A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases.

• Legendary TV host Larry King dead at 87

  Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.

• Supporters' words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial

  The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection.

• At least 1 in 3 COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic, study suggests

  A review of 61 studies and reports comprising more than one million people suggests that at least one in three people infected with COVID-19 do not have any symptoms.

• Fewer than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ontario, another 52 deaths logged

  Health officials in Ontario are reporting fewer than 2,400 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday.

• Non-essential travel ban would violate Constitution but courts might allow it: expert

  Fear that Quebecers will catch a new variant of COVID-19 on vacation is what's driving demands by the Quebec premier for Ottawa to ban non-essential flights to the country. Legal experts, however, say a ban on non-essential travel would violate the mobility rights guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• Diplomats contact Canadian held for over 2 years in China

  Canadian officials have met online with former diplomat Michael Kovrig, who has been held in China for more than two years in a case related to an executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.