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Urban Indigenous left behind by Ottawa's COVID-19 response: friendship centres
OTTAWA - The National Association of Friendship Centres says the urban Indigenous population in Canada is being left behind by the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis. The organization told t...
Apr 21, 2020
Fox Creek man facing charges after search warrant turns up drugs, cash
A Fox Creek man is facing charges after a report led to drugs being seized.On April 15, Fox Creek RCMP responded to a report of a male trying to sell drugs in the Town of Fox Creek.A traffic stop occu...
Apr 21, 2020 Photo of the drugs and money seized (Fox Creek RCMP)
Mantel, Evaristo among finalists for fiction's Women's Prize
LONDON - Hilary Mantel's Tudor blockbuster "The Mirror and the Light" and Bernardine Evaristo's tapestry of black women's stories, "Girl, Woman, Other," are among six finalists for the international W...
Apr 21, 2020
Brown University lineman Hoecht cracks CFL Scouting Bureau's top-20 list
TORONTO - Michael Hoecht couldn't have picked a better time to crack the CFL Scouting Bureau's top-20 list. The Brown University defensive lineman made his first appearance Monday on the list&nbs...
Apr 21, 2020
FIFA says support of women's game will continue
Soccer's international governing body says it will maintain funding for women's soccer despite concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Following the Women's World Cup last year, FIFA Pr...
Apr 21, 2020
Nova Scotia massacre death toll jumps to 23: RCMP
HALIFAX - The number of people who died in a rampage by a Halifax man impersonating an RCMP officer has risen to 23, including a 17-year-old, with bodies found in five Nova Scotia communities.A releas...
Apr 21, 2020
Town of Sexsmith responds to overland flooding
UPDATE Friday April 24: The overland flooding alert for the Town of Sexsmith has been cancelled.On Monday night, the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) issued an overland flooding a...
Apr 21, 2020 Flooded road in Sexsmith (Photo: Shane Clausing)
Mourners struggle to grieve N.S. mass-murder victims during pandemic
The death toll from a massacre that stretched across rural Nova Scotia last weekend was still being counted Tuesday as families grappled with another uncertainty: how to mourn during a pandemic t...
Apr 21, 2020
Lung Association launches COVID-19 information section for those with underlying conditions
The Lung Association of Alberta and the Northwest Territories has launched a new COVID-19 information section about on their website for those with underlying respiratory or lung conditions.Dr. Mohit ...
Apr 21, 2020 From the Lung Association of Alberta and NWT
No beef shortage expected, despite plant closure amid COVID-19 outbreak
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the country shouldn't expect beef shortages due to the temporary closure of a large processing facility after a COVID-19 outbreak, but prices may go up.Carg...
Apr 21, 2020