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Town awards fire chief and Fred Light Museum manager for long service
The Town of Battleford honoured two long-serving employees and community leaders at council's meeting Monday for their dedicated contributions in their work.Fred Light Museum Manager Bernadette Leslie...
Jun 08, 2021

Benfeito gets new Olympic medals to replace three lost in condominium fire
MONTREAL - Quebec diver Meaghan Benfeito lost everything in a fire earlier this year, but recovered some prized possessions on Tuesday as she gets ready to compete in the Tokyo Summer Games next month...
Jun 08, 2021

Trudeau says COVID mask-wearing may change Quebecers' opinions on religious symbols
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the habit of wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic might be changing Quebecers' views on the province's religious symbols ban. He was asked about Queb...
Jun 08, 2021

Bike for Breakfast tour arrives early raising $270,000
After battling wind, rain and aching muscles, the cyclists of Bike for Breakfast can relax knowing they've made a significant impact on their local school divisions.Cycling to raise funding for school...
Jun 08, 2021

Fifth day in a row for double digit daily COVID-19 cases
With 90 new cases of COVID-19 and another 177 recoveries reported in the province on June 8, the number of active cases in Saskatchewan has dropped to 1,053. This is the fifth day in a row that new ca...
Jun 08, 2021

Manitoba junior men's hockey team changes Indigenous name to Titans
NEEPAWA, MANITOBA - A junior men's hockey team in Manitoba is the latest to change its name following a push against the use of Indigenous names and caricatures as mascots. The team in Neepawa, a town...
Jun 08, 2021

Pandemics, climate change among new threats that demand security rethink: adviser
OTTAWA - The prime minister's intelligence adviser is calling for a expanded definition of national security in an era of global pandemics, climate change and cyberthreats. In a speech sponsored by th...
Jun 08, 2021

Muslim group wants direct action, more data on hate crimes to understand spike
A council member of the Muslim Association of Canada says thoughts and prayers are not enough. Rania Lawendy says government leaders need to take direct action instead of simply expressing condolences...
Jun 08, 2021

Kemper apologizes for role with group that had racist past
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Actress Ellie Kemper has apologized for participating in a debutante ball hosted by a St. Louis organization that she now says had "an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past."...
Jun 08, 2021

'You didn't get the best of me': Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate
CALGARY - Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen in southern Alberta. "M...
Jun 08, 2021