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B.C. provides funding to First Nation communities for residential school searches
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals. Murray Rankin,...
Jul 20, 2021
Music festival fundraiser organized for local man suffering from brain tumour
A music festival fundraiser is being organized for July 24 at the Grovedale Pioneer Museum to help support of a local man and his family as he battles with a brain tumour.It was just last month Jamie ...
Jul 20, 2021
Ontario Hockey League will require players, staff to have COVID-19 vaccinations
Players, staff and billet families with the Ontario Hockey League will all be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the upcoming season. The league released its vaccination policy Tuesday for...
Jul 20, 2021
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign veteran Canadian kicker Tyler Crapigna to CFL deal
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Canadian kicker Tyler Crapigna on Tuesday. Crapigna, of Ottawa, was recently released by the Montreal Alouettes. The former McMaster Marauder has made 98-of...
Jul 20, 2021
Veteran quarterback Bethel-Thompson feels he's competing with himself at Argos camp
He's vying with youngsters Nick Arbuckle and Antonio Pipkin to be the Toronto Argonauts' starter but the only quarterback competition veteran McLeod Bethel-Thompson is focused on is the one he faces d...
Jul 20, 2021
Red Bulls coach calls elusive TFC winger Yeferson Soteldo a 'dribbling monster'
TORONTO - Seven games into his Major League Soccer career and elusive Toronto FC winger Yeferson Soteldo is already turning heads. "He's a dribbling monster," said New York Red Bulls coach Gerhard Str...
Jul 20, 2021
Medicine Hat first in line for expansion of youth mental health hub
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Alberta government will provide up to $7.3 million over three years to support the expansion of youth mental health hubs to give young Albertans a one-stop shop for services to ...
Jul 20, 2021
Province calls Ottawa's net-zero climate plans "extremely harmful"
EDMONTON, AB - The federal government has launched an engagement process for how workers and communities can "thrive in a net-zero carbon economy."Federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan ...
Jul 20, 2021
Peace River to be home to future Regional Police and Crisis Team
Alberta RCMP is expanding it's Regional Police and Crisis Team (RPACT) program over the next three years, and Peace River has been selected as one of the new base of operations.RPACT involves officers...
Jul 20, 2021
Civil liberties group joins court challenge to end unfounded traffic stops in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it will join in a constitutional challenge in Quebec of police powers to carry out roadside checks without reasonable cause. The case involves ...
Jul 20, 2021