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Alberta suspends legislature amid soaring COVID-19 cases, Quebec eases restrictions
EDMONTON - The current legislative session in one of Canada's most active COVID-19 hot spots is being temporarily suspended, while the province formerly hit hardest by the pandemic prepared to ease so...
May 02, 2021

'Aliens are coming': Alberta RCMP 911 dispatchers fielding calls about UFO sightings
A blinding flash of light, something unidentified overhead or aliens at the door. Somewhere the truth is out there. Canadians appear to be seeing more "out there" while scanning the night skies in inc...
May 02, 2021

Sexual assault victims complain of 'rude' treatment by MPs at committees
OTTAWA - Melissa Lukings was in the middle of sharing her expertise in cybersecurity and her lived experience as a former sex worker during a Commons committee hearing earlier this month when the meet...
May 02, 2021

MN-S expanding Michif language program to Prince Albert school divisions
Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) are expanding their early learning language pilot projects in the Fall of 2021.To preserve Mtis culture MN-S announced a two-year pilot project in September 2020 where ...
May 02, 2021

Nominations set for MN-S election
Nominations for the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election on May 29 are in and have been officially accepted by Chief Electoral Officer Gwen LaFond. The four executive positions received 20 nomination...
May 01, 2021

Carolina Panthers take Canadian RB Chuba Hubbard in fourth round of 2021 NFL draft
Chuba Hubbard's patience was finally rewarded Saturday. The Oklahoma State running back from Sherwood Park, Alta., was taken by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round, No. 126 overall, of the NFL d...
May 01, 2021

Hot spot town expecting J&J COVID-19 vaccine says officials seeking other sources
The mayor of a COVID-19 hot spot in Alberta says she's disappointed that Johnson & Johnson vaccines earmarked for her community are delayed, but values the work Health Canada is doing to ensure ev...
May 01, 2021

'Relatively bleak:' Post-secondary students face rising debt and few summer jobs
CALGARY - Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago. She completed her bachelor of urban planning at th...
May 01, 2021

Formal start of final phase of Afghan pullout by US, NATO
KABUL - The final phase of ending America's "forever war" in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, with the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of summer. President Jo...
May 01, 2021

Long wait, short jab: Sticking it to COVID
Opinion: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the writer of this piece do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of paNOW or Pattison Media. --Forget thirty, flirty ...
Apr 30, 2021