Highlights

As thousands of students in Airdrie adapt to learning from home, online teachers are coming up with creative ways to keep them engaged.

Shoppers donned masks and boots to brave outdoor lineups in parts of Canada on Saturday, while others turned to the internet to take part in a Boxing Day that bore little resemblance to the holiday of years past.

Frozen path could open early January in Lions Park

"It was nice to do this in alignment with the annexation and in alignment with the conversations about the recreation facility."

Happy Sunday!

"It's very hard to understand and very hard to put any information in the context that someone might find it useful," AUMA president Barry Morishita, who is also the mayor of Brooks, said.

Ontario on Saturday confirmed its two first cases of a variant of COVID-19 first identified in the United Kingdom, marking the first time the more contagious strain had been detected in Canada.

Sheila Willis’ new history book catches the flavour of the times

"I wrote it to inspire people about change that is positive and you can make the best of it and life supports you." 

“Everybody’s got a lot of free time on their hand so I figured I would put it to good use,” Thompson said.