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Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention moving online for 2021
The Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention will be moving online this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The convention takes place on March 4 & 5 and is an event that brings together over 1,500 te...
Nov 16, 2020
Residential-school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments
OTTAWA - The director of that National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments must build monuments in capital cities across Canada to honour residen...
Nov 16, 2020
AHS declares COVID-19 outbreak in surgical unit at QEII Hospital
Alberta Health Services says an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared for a surgical unit at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie. This comes after one patient and two healthcare workers...
Nov 16, 2020
Hollywood stars complete takeover of Welsh club Wrexham
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world's oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV show. In a pinch-...
Nov 16, 2020
Nova Scotia mass killing: Gunman said COVID-19 pandemic would make people desperate
HALIFAX - Newly released court documents say the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia this year had sent an email in March saying he was glad he was well-armed because the COVID-19 pandemic woul...
Nov 16, 2020
Financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack set up GoFundMe account to help players, staff
TORONTO - The financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack, a rugby league franchise without a home, have started a GoFundMe campaign to help players and staff who have not been paid since June 10. The trans...
Nov 16, 2020
Former finance minister Bill Morneau takes fellowship at Yale
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Bill Morneau is heading back to the classroom next year.He has been appointed a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he will ...
Nov 16, 2020
2nd promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate announced as Canada approaches 300k cases
News of another promising COVID-19 candidate emerged today as Canada inched closer to the 300,000-case count, with the two hardest-hit provinces continuing to report more than 1,000 daily new infectio...
Nov 16, 2020
Quebec to ban sale of gas-powered cars by 2035 as part of $6.7-billion climate plan
The Quebec government is announcing a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and SUVs by the year 2035. Premier Francois Legault and Environment Minister Benoit Charette announced the measu...
Nov 16, 2020
Three-year-old found deceased in house fire west of Edmonton
ACHESON, Alta. - The RCMP say they are investigating after a young boy died following a house fire Sunday evening in Acheson, just west of Edmonton.Parkland Mounties say they, along with local fire an...
Nov 16, 2020