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Assembly of First Nations meeting kicks off as election of new national chief looms
OTTAWA - A special meeting of the Assembly of First Nations is kicking off in Ottawa on Tuesday, as chiefs get ready to elect a new leader. The election of the organization's next national chief comes...
Dec 5, 2023
Peace Region teams win gold at big girls hockey tournament
The U13 Beaverlodge Blades girls won the gold medal in their division at the Wickenheiser Female World Hockey Festival over the weekend.They beat a team from Calgary 3-0 in the final after finishing p...
Dec 5, 2023
Producer engagement session for cattle ranchers set for January 5
The Peace County Beef Congress and Alberta Beef Producers will host a producer engagement session in January.Local farmers and ranchers are invited to attend the session and share input on topics like...
Dec 5, 2023
In the news today: Quebec Laurentians residents await answers after dike evacuation
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Quebec residents waiting for answers after evacuation Hundreds of residents of ...
Dec 5, 2023
Quebec pork farmers reeling as a 'perfect storm' creates economic crisis
ST-SEBASTIEN, QUE. - Over the last two years, Franois Nadeau has chosen to do something rare among his fellow Quebec pork farmers: invest in the future. Despite economic conditions that industry leade...
Dec 5, 2023
First-degree murder trial of Saskatchewan Mountie enters second day
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Crown prosecutors say they expect to call five witnesses today during the first-degree murder trial of a former Saskatchewan Mountie. Bernie Herman is on trial for the 2021 deat...
Dec 5, 2023
'That mountain is shaking': First-of-its-kind assessment considers Indigenous stories
BANFF, Alta. - An Indigenous elder sits at a table telling a Blackfoot story about the Frank Slide in southern Alberta's Crowsnest Pass. "The Piikani people, they had been in that area for thousands o...
Dec 5, 2023
Israel strikes in and around Gaza's second largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza's second largest city early Tuesday, as ambulances and private cars came racing into a local hospital carrying peop...
Dec 5, 2023
NHL roundup: Couturier scores in OT to lift Flyers over Pens 2-1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sean Couturier scored 3:55 into overtime to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 National Hockey League victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. Tyson Foerster scored...
Dec 4, 2023
More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23
BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the n...
Dec 4, 2023