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People with disabilities even more alone during pandemic: cerebral palsy spokeswoman
YELLOWKNIFE - Riley Oldford is usually out playing sledge hockey or hanging out with friends, but since the start of the pandemic he's mostly been at home. The 16-year-old, who has cerebral palsy and ...
May 16, 2021

Grande Prairie coach reflects on time in Calgary curling bubble
A Grande Prairie curling coach says she felt safe and protected while inside the curling bubble in Calgary.Renee Sonnenberg helped coach Kerri Einarson's Team Canada at the World Women's Curling Champ...
May 16, 2021

Canada Post asking dog owners to help prevent injuries to postal workers
As the weather improves and more people spend time out in the yard with their pets, Canada Post asks that dog owners do their part to make sure postal workers aren't put at risk of dog attacks and inj...
May 16, 2021

Western MP pitches Conservative carbon price with a 24-pack of Pilsner
OTTAWA - Ron Liepert says these days, the phone calls and emails from people wanting to talk about his party's climate plan have slowed. One month ago, the Conservative MP for Calgary Signal Hill was ...
May 16, 2021

Where the streets have explorers' names, some Halifax residents call for change
HALIFAX - When builders created Halifax's distinctive Hydrostone neighbourhood more than a century ago, they chose to honour celebrated explorers. There are streets named after William Grant Stairs, C...
May 16, 2021

Islamic nations hold emergency summit on Israel-Gaza attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation opened an emergency meeting Sunday over the heavy fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip's militant Hamas ruler...
May 16, 2021

Severe cyclone heading toward southern India; 4 dead
NEW DELHI (AP) - A severe cyclone is roaring in the Arabian Sea off southwestern India with winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour), already causing heavy rains and flooding that ha...
May 16, 2021

Myanmar junta attacks western town that resisted coup
BANGKOK (AP) - The U.S. and British embassies in Myanmar expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law becau...
May 16, 2021

Tree poaching from public forests increasing in B.C. as lumber hits record prices
VICTORIA - Big trees, small trees, dead trees, softwoods and hardwoods have all become valuable targets of tree poachers in British Columbia as timber prices hit record levels. Forestry experts and of...
May 16, 2021

Israeli military targets home of Gaza's top Hamas leader
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it has targeted the home of Gaza's top Hamas leader after nearly a week of heavy airstrikes and rocket fire into Israel from the territory ruled by the Islam...
May 15, 2021