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WNBA to hold pre-season game between Sparks and Storm in Edmonton on May 5
The WNBA is coming back to Canada for a pre-season game in Edmonton. The Los Angeles Sparks will face the Seattle Storm on May 5 at Rogers Place. It's the second year in a row a Canadian city has host...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada 'will be there' to help two Michaels after their detention in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back on the notion that Canada's willingness to help two citizens who were detained in China is an acknowledgement they engaged in espionage on Ottawa...
Mar 07, 2024
Government closes bottom-contact fishing near rare B.C. coral reef
VANCOUVER - Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the ind...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada 'will be there' to help two Michaels after their detention in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back on the notion that Canada's willingness to help two citizens who were detained in China is an acknowledgement they engaged in espionage on Ottawa...
Mar 07, 2024
Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are needed
Environmental groups are asking Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without fisheries permits that officials have said are required. ...
Mar 07, 2024
AHS organizing Healthcare professional retention Zoom meeting
A zoom meeting for Peace Region residents will be held later this month to discuss work being done to retain healthcare professionals.Alberta Health Services and the Peace Health Advisory Council are ...
Mar 07, 2024
As Ottawa reels over multiple homicide, a look at recent mass killings across Canada
Ottawa is reeling after police said six people, including four children, were found dead Wednesday evening in a townhouse in the south-end Barrhaven suburb. Here's a look at recent examples of mass ki...
Mar 07, 2024
B.C. researcher says liver oil, meat trade threaten deepwater shark populations
Prof. Nick Dulvy recalls when the northern cod fishery collapsed back in 1992. "That was nothing short of a social and economic disaster for Canada," Dulvy said, who's a biology professor at Simon Fra...
Mar 07, 2024
PWPSD welcomes temporary Indigenous Education Services Lead
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division says Jackie Benning is being welcomed back to its Indigenous Education Services team. Benning, who is a member of the Metis Nation of Alberta, will be taking th...
Mar 07, 2024
New web service available to book campsites in Alberta
Camping enthusiasts in Alberta have a new online tool where they can book their trips.Alberta Parks introduced a new camping reservation platform this year. Officials said in the first 10 days since t...
Mar 07, 2024