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'Our language is still here:' Revitalizing Indigenous languages in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - From legislative chambers to classrooms, and on the radio and TV, Indigenous languages are spoken and heard every day across the North thanks to dedicated elders, teachers, translators a...
Dec 29, 2022
Slave Lake RCMP charge 83-year-old following drunk driving death
A woman is dead after what Slave Lake RCMP are calling a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian.The incident occurred around 12:23 am on Tuesday in the community of Smith, located about 71 km so...
Dec 29, 2022
Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Thursday named Amazon defender Marina Silva as environment minister for his incoming government, indicating he will prioritiz...
Dec 29, 2022
Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country's history. Netanyahu took the oath of of...
Dec 29, 2022
Grande Prairie woman $1 million richer from scratch ticket
A Grande Prairie resident says she's "feeling like a million bucks" after winning a million dollars from an X instant ticket. Donna Chmilar bought her ticket on November 29, at the Derrik Husky along ...
Dec 29, 2022
NHL's Sidney Crosby, astronaut David Saint-Jacques among 99 named to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - David Saint-Jacques says he has always been "obsessed" with the notion of perspective - from the physical, like understanding where we are in space and what's beyond the clouds, to the philos...
Dec 29, 2022
Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition 'serious'
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was lucid, conscious and stable, but that his condition remains serious a day after officials revealed that the 95-year-ol...
Dec 29, 2022
Investigation continues into alleged murder of OPP officer after two people charged
Ontario Provincial Police continue to investigate the alleged murder of an officer who police say was ambushed while responding to a call. Police say Const. Grzegorz "Greg" Pierzchala responded to a v...
Dec 29, 2022
Auger-Aliassime voted Canadian Press male athlete of the year
MONTREAL - Tennis player Flix Auger-Aliassime, who shone on some of the sport's biggest stages in 2022, is the winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. Auger...
Dec 29, 2022
In The News for Dec. 29: In 2023, Albertans to choose status quo or look to the past?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 29, 2022