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Women's groups in Yukon disappointed 'unfounded' sex assault project terminated
Women's groups are angry that talks meant to revive a committee reviewing unresolved sexual assault complaints in Yukon have ended before its findings could be presented. A report outlining how Mounti...
Feb 20, 2021

GPCSD to host reverse food drive for local food banks
The Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools will be hosting a reverse food drive next weekend, where they will be collecting items for local food banks and other agencies in need.Unlike a traditi...
Feb 20, 2021

City, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie to host ice carving exhibit
The City and Art Gallery of Grande Prairie are teaming up to host an ice carving exhibit at the Mamawe Concourse of the Montrose Cultural Centre on February 28th and March 1st.Two artists from the Ice...
Feb 20, 2021

Federal workers paid $819 million to stay home during the pandemic under '699' clause
OTTAWA - More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding $800 million, according to a Treasury...
Feb 20, 2021

Hand-holding but no hugs: UK OKs some nursing home visits
LONDON - The British government announced a small step out of the nation's lockdown on Saturday - allowing nursing home residents to have a single friend or family member visit them indoors. Residents...
Feb 20, 2021

Nine Algonquin nations reject Ottawa land project labeled as "reconciliation" effort
OTTAWA - Nine Algonquin First Nations in Quebec are considering litigation to stop Ottawa from allowing another Algonquin group to build a new suburb on the outskirts of the city. Ottawa city council ...
Feb 20, 2021

Moscow court rejects opposition leader Navalny's appeal
MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Saturday rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence, even as the country faced a top European rights court's order to free the Kr...
Feb 20, 2021

Powdering sleeping beauty's nose: Virus eases Louvre works
PARIS - The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors. As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent ...
Feb 20, 2021

UK urges UN resolution for pause in conflicts for virus jabs
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Britain circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Friday demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a "sustained humanitarian pause" to enable pe...
Feb 20, 2021

Extreme weather testing Biden's disaster management skills
WASHINGTON - Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden's plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after wi...
Feb 20, 2021