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City high school student wins provincial welding competition
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A local high school student is sparking some attention.Ethan Hawkness of Medicine Hat High School won the provincial level of a Skills Canada competition in welding. The Grade 12 st...
Jun 9, 2021
COVID, commerce, climate, conflict: PM Trudeau enters G7 summit like no other
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will on Friday begin to meet with counterparts from the world's most powerful democracies at the G7 Leaders' Summit to discuss overcoming COVID-19 and its econom...
Jun 9, 2021
NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to recognize what happened at residential schools as genocide. In a motion to be tabled in the House of Commons tomorrow, NDP MP Leah Gazan...
Jun 9, 2021
Virtual parade plan announced, marshal named for scaled-down Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - There will be a parade to launch the upcoming Calgary Stampede, but it won't include hundreds of thousands of fans lining the city's downtown streets. Stampede officials announced Wednesday ...
Jun 9, 2021
Virtual parade plan announced, marshal named for scaled-down Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - There will be a parade to launch the upcoming Calgary Stampede, but it won't include hundreds of thousands of fans lining the city's downtown streets. Stampede officials announced Wednesday ...
Jun 9, 2021
Group of large oilsands operators commit to become net zero emitters by 2050
CALGARY - A group of the largest producers in Canada's oilsands have announced a joint strategy to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.The companies include Canadian Natural Resources Ltd....
Jun 9, 2021
Olympic champ Drouin gunning for Tokyo berth after several injury-plagued years
Derek Drouin had conflicting thoughts when he boarded a flight to Europe for his first major international meet in years. "I was obviously quite nervous," Drouin said. "I didn't want to go there and e...
Jun 9, 2021
Iran candidate says he’s willing to potentially meet Biden
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian presidential candidate said Wednesday he'd be willing to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden if he wins his country's election next week, though "America needs to send be...
Jun 9, 2021
Mourning London attack victims, "Canada's Got Talent" returns: In The News for June 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jun 9, 2021
"I just had to try to help," says nurse who tried to save victims of London attack
Miranda Campbell and her family were driving home Sunday night when they pulled up to a line of cars stopped at a green light. Drivers were coming out of their vehicles, talking on their cellphones. M...
Jun 9, 2021