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Expert encourages parents to talk with their kids about social media
Dozens of parents and kids in the Peace continue to get the message that social media is not as scary as people fear. Joe Whitbread and Jo Phillips with Jo(e) Social Media recently held some school an...
May 8, 2022
'Last resort': Police forces struggling to provide support for people in crisis
CALGARY - Pat and Irene Heffernan have relived their son's death many times. Anthony Heffernan, a 27-year-old recovering from a drug addiction, was shot by police four times - including three shots to...
May 8, 2022
$45M sexual, reproductive health fund not yet released a year later: advocates
OTTAWA - A year after the federal government announced a $45-million fund for organizations making sexual and reproductive information and services more available, advocates say none of the money has ...
May 8, 2022
Canada's PM Trudeau makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine today amid the Russian invasion. The Prime Minister's Office says Trudeau will meet Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky...
May 8, 2022
'Last resort': Police forces struggling to provide support for people in crisis
CALGARY - Pat and Irene Heffernan have relived their son's death many times. Anthony Heffernan, a 27-year-old recovering from a drug addiction, was shot by police four times - including three shots to...
May 8, 2022
Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady
UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with the nation's first lady, Olena Zelenskyy, as Ru...
May 8, 2022
Syria President Assad visits Iran for meetings in rare trip
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Iranian leaders in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian state-linked media reported, marking his second trip to major wartime ally Iran since Syria's ci...
May 8, 2022
$45M sexual, reproductive health fund not yet released a year later: advocates
OTTAWA - A year after the federal government announced a $45-million fund for organizations making sexual and reproductive information and services more available, advocates say none of the money has ...
May 8, 2022
'Trust us' isn't enough to win confidence in Emergencies Act inquiry: law's author
OTTAWA - In the late 1980s, as then-defence minister Perrin Beatty was drafting new legislation to replace the controversial War Measures Act, one man's words were on his mind. The man was Robert Stan...
May 8, 2022
Blue marshlands store as much carbon as green forests, says study
VANCOUVER - Estuaries edged by tall grasses and wildflowers that are home to birds, crabs, tiny fish and other wildlife are more effective than young coastal forests at capturing and storing carbon di...
May 8, 2022