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Federal effort to boost child care in three provinces off to 'slow start': report
An analysis by a public-policy group has found that federal funding meant to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has stumbled with a "slow start" and "underwhelming results" in three provinces wh...
Oct 12, 2023

Update: Dangerous person alert cancelled for Montreal Lake after suspect arrested
Waskesiu RCMP have cancelled the dangerous person alert issued for Montreal Lake Cree Nation.People were told to seek shelter on Thursday as multiple suspects were reportedly armed in the community. P...
Oct 12, 2023

B.C. church group, caught between Israel-Hamas war, struggles to get home
VANCOUVER - A group from a British Columbia church that had been touring historical sites in Israel when Hamas fighters began killing civilians is struggling to find a way home with the confusion of t...
Oct 12, 2023

Industry prepares as avian flu cases expected to increase as birds migrate south
VANCOUVER - Animal health experts are warning about avian flu returning to poultry farms as wild birds begin migrating south for the winter. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poultry Association Emer...
Oct 12, 2023

Alberta premier's visit to House of Commons environment committee cancelled
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's scheduled appearance before a House of Commons environment committee next week has been cancelled. Smith had said she would speak before the environment and...
Oct 12, 2023

P.A. announcer having blast as billet for Raiders forward Macias
Rob Lindsay is a familiar face and voice around the Prince Albert Raiders organization.He started working with the team 24 years ago as the guy with the microphone in the crowd giving away prizes befo...
Oct 12, 2023

Mayoral Forum held in Nipawin prior to upcoming election
A mayoral forum was held in Nipawin Wednesday night as the three prospective candidates got to plead their case to the town's residents.It also gave citizens the opportunity to ask questions about pas...
Oct 12, 2023

News media lobby group says Google concerns about Online News Act are valid
TORONTO - A lobby group for Canada's newspapers and magazines says it agrees with many of the issues raised by Google about a law that will force the tech giant to compensate those same publishers for...
Oct 12, 2023

What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has invoked the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution in tabling legislation that prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school w...
Oct 12, 2023

Robert Wickens on cusp of winning a championship 5 years after he was paralyzed in IndyCar crash
Robert Wickens was determined from the very first days after his life-changing 2018 IndyCar accident not to let it define - or end - his racing career. The Canadian was 29 years old at the time, engag...
Oct 12, 2023