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Life-skills and safety training offered to Flying Dust First Nation youth through dedicated educators
Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. Meadow Lake Tribal Council, the Canadian Red Cross and Flying Dust First Nation are holding a Stay Safe! program to ensure young p...
Jul 15, 2020
Police charge suspect in slaying of 8-year-old Atlanta girl
ATLANTA - A teen suspect has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting that killed an 8-year-old Atlanta girl near the site of an earlier police shooting, officials said W...
Jul 15, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from a hospital after being treated for a possible infection. A court spokeswoman said in an emailed state...
Jul 15, 2020
WE Charity restructuring operations after being centre of sole-sourced contract
TORONTO - WE Charity is restructuring its operations weeks after its sole-sourced contract with the government shone a spotlight on the organization at the centre of an ethics investigation of the pri...
Jul 15, 2020
Montoyo says Jays have options to fill hole in rotation from injury to Anderson
Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says he is not going to rush pitcher Chase Anderson back to action. The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Anderson was day-to-day with an oblique injury he suff...
Jul 15, 2020
Local Chamber of Commerce donates event proceeds to KidsFirst
Meadow Lake's Chamber of Commerce handed KidsFirst a donation on July 15 as part of the admission collected from the first Winter Children`s Festival held in January. The chamber organized the event a...
Jul 15, 2020
Alberta Mountie gets probation for in-custody assault on Indigenous man
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - A Mountie has been given 15 months probation for assaulting an Indigenous man shortly after his arrest in northern Alberta. A judge convicted Const. Licio Soares, an ei...
Jul 15, 2020
Jets sniper Patrik Laine working to get back up to speed after long layoff
Patrik Laine said back in May there was a good chance he'd look "terrible" if the NHL resumed its season this summer. Like most players locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic, th...
Jul 15, 2020
Ex-CFL player gets 3 months for college admissions scam in United States
A former Canadian Football League player was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons. David Sidoo, who played professional football for ...
Jul 15, 2020
Gasol: It's pretty simple - it's being more responsible as human beings"
Marc Gasol spent part of the summer of 2018 on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, helping pluck terrified people from the water, migrants fleeing Libya for the shores of Europe. Gasol was vo...
Jul 15, 2020