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Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy
Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation. The strategy is based on the Unite...
Oct 25, 2022
Alberta premier Danielle Smith calls for new arena in Calgary
CALGARY - Alberta's premier has stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL's Flames and wants the province to get involved. Danielle Smith said in a statement Tuesday that the 39-y...
Oct 25, 2022
Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone
HALIFAX - An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investiga...
Oct 25, 2022
Mendicino says email from Lucki doesn't mean Emergencies Act was unnecessary
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is brushing off concerns about an email sent to his office from the RCMP commissioner just hours before the government invoked the Emergencies Act last ...
Oct 25, 2022
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Six Months to Under Four Years Available October 26
With Health Canada's approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children six months up to four years, families may receive this vaccine option starting Wednesday, October 26 at booked vaccination appoi...
Oct 25, 2022
Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan named to NWSL Best XI all-star team
Canadian international goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan has been named to the 2022 National Women's Soccer League Best XI First Team. The 27-year-old from Whitby, Ont., who plays for the San Diego Wave, sto...
Oct 25, 2022
A month after Fiona, some in western Newfoundland fear things will never be the same
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - For Peggy Savery, the hardest part of the day comes as she leaves work in her Newfoundland community of Port aux Basques and drives to the home she's been staying in w...
Oct 25, 2022
Tribunal says $40B child-welfare agreement doesn't satisfy all orders
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says a $40 billion child welfare settlement agreement the federal government reached with First Nations doesn't meet all the requirements of the tribunal's ...
Oct 25, 2022
Rescue team and whale's acrobatics help save it from dangerous entanglement in B.C.
A 10-metre-long humpback whale entangled in fishing gear in British Columbia's Strait of Georgia has been rescued with the help of a team of experts, a drone, a satellite tag, concerned citizens and a...
Oct 25, 2022
Battlefords Career Centre Has the Help You Need
SIIT's Battlefords Career Centre has services for job seekers and employers.See the poster below.
Oct 25, 2022