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English museum to return headdress to Alberta’s Siksika First Nation
An English museum is returning a ceremonial headdress to the First Nation in Alberta that it came from.The Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, England is to return the Buffalo Woman's headdress to...
Jun 5, 2024
Alberta putting money into support for foster families
The Alberta government is providing funding aimed at easing strain on foster families.The province is adjusting various caregiver rates, effective June 1, 2024. Temporary and permanent caregivers have...
Jun 5, 2024
B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates
VANCOUVER - Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers' Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teac...
Jun 5, 2024
Wildfire plan wants 50% of Canadians to act in response to climate change by 2025
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. F...
Jun 5, 2024
Emergency department disruption for Fairview Health Complex
Alberta Health Services says the emergency department at the Fairview Health Complex will be without an on-site physician from 7 a.m. Thursday, June 6 until 7 a.m. Friday, June 7.Anyone with a medical...
Jun 5, 2024
Space for Algonquin Peoples to open near Parliament, but no date set
OTTAWA - Algonquin leaders and the federal government have signed an agreement committing to a new space for Algonquin Peoples in Ottawa's parliamentary precinct, five years after the former grand chi...
Jun 5, 2024
Russian warships headed to Caribbean for drills as tensions rise over Ukraine, US officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in the coming weeks, in a Russian show of force as tensi...
Jun 5, 2024
Canada's Lance Stroll unfazed by his F1 detractors: 'I do my talking on the track'
MONTREAL - Lance Stroll hears the criticism, but he says he pays it no mind. The Canadian's legitimacy as a Formula One driver is sometimes dismissed by pundits and fans because his father, billionair...
Jun 5, 2024
Alouettes, Bombers brimming with confidence ahead of Grey Cup rematch
WINNIPEG - Brady Oliveira is ready to help prove Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo is wrong. When Fajardo was preparing for Thursday's Grey Cup rematch against the Blue Bombers, the reigning...
Jun 5, 2024
Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada that Meta says originated there
OTTAWA - The Israeli government is being accused in published reports of involvement in an operation aimed at reducing support for Palestinians in Canada that was flagged by artificial intelligence re...
Jun 5, 2024