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Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic neighbourhood
Vancouver's Chinatown is getting a $2.2-million provincial grant to revitalize the historic neighbourhood. The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation says the funding will go toward renewing historic storefro...
May 12, 2023
Military referred 93 sexual offence cases to civilian police, 64 under investigation
OTTAWA - The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. An independent report released a ye...
May 12, 2023
Provincial officials provide update on Alberta’s wildfire situation
The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services and officials from Alberta Emergency Management Agency and Alberta Wildfire will provide an update on the Alberta wildfire situation.WhenFriday, Ma...
May 12, 2023
Canadian star Alphonso Davies named to Bundesliga team of the season
Canadian Alphonso Davies has been voted onto the Bundesliga team of the season. The 22-year-old from Edmonton, who plays for Bayern Munich, was clocked at 36.53 kilometres per hour this season, the se...
May 12, 2023
Money-hungry, or spiritually misguided? Jury to announce verdict in trial of slain kids' mom
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho jury is expected to announce a verdict on murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges Friday afternoon in the strange triple murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell. Prosecutor...
May 12, 2023
Charity highlights pay inequality in pro sports during WNBA weekend in Toronto
Growing up in Mississauga, Ont., Laeticia Amihere loved basketball, but she couldn't see herself in the Toronto Raptors players she regularly watched. She hopes that other Canadian girls and young wom...
May 12, 2023
Canadian men, women each go 1-1 on first day of HSBC France Sevens
TOULOUSE, France - Thomas Isherwood scored two tries to help Canada blank Uruguay 26-0 Friday at the HSBC France Sevens. Josiah Morra and Alex Russell also scored tries for the 14th-ranked Canadians a...
May 12, 2023
Montreal blue collars want local union probe after VP resigns over racist posts
MONTREAL - Some Montreal blue collar workers are calling for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias. The workers are asking the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employ...
May 12, 2023
Housing shortage in Brooks as JBS plant looks to hire hundreds of foreign workers
BROOKS, AB - In April the largest employer in Brooks, the JBS Canada Foods Plant, informed economic development officials they want to bring in an additional 300 foreign workers to staff its meat proc...
May 12, 2023
'The devil': Métis settlement looks to rebuild from wildfire as hot weather to return
A Mtis settlement devastated by an out-of-control blaze remains at risk as hot and dry conditions in Alberta's forecast threaten to worsen an already intense wildfire season. "That fire, I call it the...
May 12, 2023