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All Albertans can now apply online for AISH and Income Support
Albertans can now apply online for Income Support and Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH).The UCP government shared Wednesday the function is now available to all in the province after ...
Jun 09, 2022
Grande Prairie Pride Society paints rainbow crosswalk
The Grande Prairie Pride Society hosted their 7th Annual Pride Painting on the crosswalk on 103rd Avenue and 98th Street near City Hall. Johnathan Clarkson, Board Member of the Grande Prairie Pride So...
Jun 09, 2022
Golf Canada confirms its athletes are free to engage in Safe Sport process
TORONTO - Golf Canada says its athletes are free to speak about political activism, self-expression on social justice issues and Safe Sport. The statement comes a day after Canada's sport minister sai...
Jun 09, 2022
Urgent measures must be taken to ensure rights of Canadian children: UN committee
OTTAWA - The United Nations committee on the rights of the child says it has serious concerns about the welfare of Indigenous children in Canada. The committee, which reviewed Canada's progress on imp...
Jun 09, 2022
N.S. mass shooting: Bureaucracy and muddled advice in RCMP's search for helicopter
HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting has released new details about the Mounties' scramble to find an aircraft to track down the killer on the night of April 18, 2020. Doc...
Jun 09, 2022
Casino supervisor tells court that former MP became agitated over blackjack losses
OTTAWA - A casino supervisor says a former Liberal MP facing breach of trust and fraud charges got so agitated playing blackjack four years ago it prompted him to write up a report about the incident....
Jun 09, 2022
Crowd supports Weir, Hughes, and Hadwin bright and early at Canadian Open
TORONTO - Mike Weir didn't expect to have much of a gallery on a rainy Thursday morning at St. George's Golf and Country Club. But there were dozens of fans waiting for him and fellow Canadians Macken...
Jun 09, 2022
Perennial Plot Tours in DeBolt and Fairview June 15 and 16
The Peace Country Beef and Forage Association will be hosting two separate tours at their plots to see how perennial plants faired with last summer's drought and the harsh winter conditions. The Assoc...
Jun 09, 2022
Michigan officer charged with murder in Lyoya shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, with a shot to the back of his head has been charged with second-degree murder. Prosecutor Chris Becker anno...
Jun 09, 2022
More females, older drug users dying due to unregulated drug market: B.C. coroner
VICTORIA - The coroners service in British Columbia says more females are dying from illicit drug use. It says that while men have historically accounted for nearly 80 per cent of fatalities, more tha...
Jun 09, 2022