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Heat warning issued for Grande Prairie area ahead of "potentially historic" heat wave
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for much of northern Alberta ahead of a heat wave that is set to hit the province this weekend.The weather office says "a prolonged, dangerous, and potenti...
Jun 24, 2021
Environment Canada issues heat warnings, says record-high temperatures loom for B.C.
VANCOUVER - Some B.C. communities are setting up cooling centres and distributing water bottles ahead of a sweltering heat wave that is expected to blanket most of the province. Environment Canada has...
Jun 24, 2021
'They made us believe we didn't have souls:' Marieval residential school survivor
A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at th...
Jun 24, 2021
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum re-opens for first time since December
After months of being closed because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Philip J. Currie Museum is re-opening its doors to the public on June 24.The facility was open last summer while under COVID-19 restr...
Jun 24, 2021
Fire Restriction now in place for Grande Prairie Forest Area
The fire advisory for the Grande Prairie Forest area has been increased to a restriction because of the hot and dry conditions that are set to move in over the weekend.Under a restriction, existing fi...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadian basketball player may be forced to choose between daughter, Olympics
Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher says she's being "forced to decide between being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete." Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter S...
Jun 24, 2021
Groups challenge decision allowing judge involved in U of T controversy to keep job
OTTAWA - Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appo...
Jun 24, 2021
CPL set for third season kickoff but will it be an even playing field to start?
The Canadian Premier League kicks off its third season this weekend under the bubble in Winnipeg, with more than a few questions to be answered after a pandemic-disrupted buildup. "We're trying to fig...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadian Vasek Pospisil loses quarterfinal match at Wimbledon tune-up event
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom - Canada's Vasek Pospisil lost 6-4, 6-4 to No. 2 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in quarterfinal play at the Viking International on Thursday. The 66th-ranked Pospisil, fro...
Jun 24, 2021
Facial recognition use by Liberals raises issues, says B.C.'s privacy commissioner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner says he's considering launching an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada. Michae...
Jun 24, 2021