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City of Dawson Creek reopens Emergency Warming Centre
The City of Dawson Creek has reopened it's emergency warming centre.The centre will provide daytime warming to at risk residents, offering up water, warm drinks, snacks and a warm place to shelter.The...
Feb 27, 2024
Priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut will not be dismissed from Oblates
A French priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut will be allowed to remain a member of the Oblates congregation after leadership in Rome ruled against his dismissal. Johannes Rivo...
Feb 27, 2024
Changes needed to ensure safer, more resilient RCMP, union mental-health report says
OTTAWA - The union representing front-line Mounties is urging the RCMP to move beyond "patchwork solutions" to ensure the mental health of officers amid concerns they face increasing risks to their we...
Feb 27, 2024
City council approves having a municipal census in Grande Prairie this year
Grande Prairie City Council approved having a municipal census this year at Monday's meeting.Mayor Jackie Clayton says a higher population would mean more grant money from the province."The LGFF (Loca...
Feb 27, 2024
City council highlights for February 26
Highlights from the February 26 meeting of Grande Prairie City Council included the following:Sunrise HouseCouncil heard a presentation from Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter Executive Director Ta...
Feb 27, 2024
A Russian court sentences the co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group to 30 months in prison
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine to two years and six months in prison. He was taken directly into custody from the courtroo...
Feb 27, 2024
In the news today: Liberals to create digital safety commission via Online Harms Act
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Online harms: Liberals seek to create digital safety commission, new ombudspers...
Feb 27, 2024
Saskatchewan coroner's inquest to hear more details about in-custody death of killer
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan coroner's inquest will hear more details today about how a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others during a stabbing rampage died in police custody. Myles Sanderson h...
Feb 27, 2024
Cape Breton U tripled its international recruitment. Students say they pay the price.
Over the past five years, Navy Nguyen says she has watched thousands of international students arrive at Cape Breton University to find a town that was wholly unprepared for them. From 2019 to 2020, t...
Feb 27, 2024
Auger-Aliassime bounced from Mexican Open after first-round loss to qualifier
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Felix Auger-Aliassime knows Acapulco is famous for its cliff diving, beaches and bars, but the Montreal tennis star was hoping it might also become a destination to get his inconsis...
Feb 27, 2024