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Northern Twistmasters 'pull' multiple medals from provincials on their home soil
Northern Twistmasters Arm Wrestling club hosted provincials over the weekend. The club won over 40 medals during the competition, including several provincial champions. Josh Bellin won the men's supe...
May 16, 2022
Grey beats Blue in all-North final at Prospects Cup
North Grey won the Prospects Cup tournament held in Red Deer over the weekend, beating North Blue 5-3 in the final. North Grey included two Peace Region players - Tyrie Ehrenberg of Beaverlodge and Gr...
May 16, 2022
Burkina Faso fashion designers: More to nation than conflict
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Vibrant African clothes, both traditional and contemporary, enlivened the catwalk in Burkina Faso's fashion week. Designers say they are striving to make the West Afri...
May 16, 2022
Document details initial response to Nova Scotia mass shooting by RCMP tactical team
HALIFAX - An RCMP tactical team tasked with tracking down a mass shooter in April 2020 was dealing with the aftermath of his deadly toll in Portapique, N.S., when it was alerted hours later that he ha...
May 16, 2022
US deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million on Monday, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration. The confirmed numb...
May 16, 2022
First patient in Quebec gets approval from Health Canada for magic mushroom therapy
MONTREAL - When Thomas Hartle indulges in a session of psilocybin treatment, the end-of-life anxiety, distractions and noises associated with his terminal colon cancer go away. "Before the treatment, ...
May 16, 2022
Adapting to climate change, COVID hospitalizations : In The News for May 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 16, 2022
B.C. to launch 'circle of care' for neurodiverse kids but parents have many questions
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is set to launch one-stop support centres for children with issues like ADHD, autism and Down syndrome, but parents say promises of a no-wait system that won't require ass...
May 16, 2022
Resilient infrastructure, faster disaster recovery needed to adapt to climate change
OTTAWA - Dozens of experts advising the government on adapting to climate change say Canada needs to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster at helping Cana...
May 16, 2022
Residents who fled flooded N.W.T town can return; some services might be unavailable
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - A town in the Northwest Territories says people were being allowed to return to their homes Sunday evening, four days after about 3,500 were ordered to evacuate as flood waters ros...
May 16, 2022