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Patients will be supported to hold smudging, pipe ceremonies at AHS facilities
Alberta Health Services is expanding supports to make the practice of Indigenous spiritual ceremonies inside all AHS facilities easier for patients.AHS announced the Patient Access to Indigenous Spiri...
Jun 21, 2023
Plea for video as police say two killers of Sikh temple leader escaped through park
SURREY, B.C. - Homicide investigators in Surrey, B.C., have released descriptions of the killers of a Sikh temple leader, but say they need video to help solve the crime. Sgt. Timothy Pierotti says th...
Jun 21, 2023
Community Assisted Response team seeking funding
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A pilot program that deploys mental health workers instead of police officers to low-risk calls for mental health and welfare checks provided an immediate impact since its inception...
Jun 21, 2023
Blood Tribe group running across Canada
STANDOFF, AB - A group of six people from Standoff are more than three-quarters of the way through a cross-country run.Organizer Johnny Bare Shin Bones and his crew started "Napi's Run 2023 for MMIWM ...
Jun 21, 2023
Noon Interview: Ken Feser June 21
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Library book fines can add up quickly over just a couple of months, so imagine what the fine would be for returning a book that's about 100 years overdue.Luckily for whoever signed ...
Jun 21, 2023
Chapman homers and Gausman throws 6 solid innings as Blue Jays beat Marlins 6-3
MIAMI (AP) - Matt Chapman homered and doubled, Kevin Gausman pitched six-plus innings of three-run ball and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Wednesday. Cavan Biggio stepped in for l...
Jun 21, 2023
Ottawa releases action plan to implement UNDRIP, despite calls for more consultation
OTTAWA - The federal government has released its action plan on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Its release coincides with the country marking today as...
Jun 21, 2023
New series starts Friday at Police Point Park
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Police Point Park will be buzzing with a new activity on Friday.The MH Interpretive Program will be set up on the river lookout west of the Nature Centre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for ...
Jun 21, 2023
Three years too long a wait for Line 5 reroute, Indigenous band in Wisconsin says
WASHINGTON - The Indigenous band that's fighting Line 5 says three years is too long to wait for the controversial cross-border pipeline to be moved. A U.S. judge has given Enbridge Inc. until June 20...
Jun 21, 2023
Cost of search for missing submersible 'irrelevant,' fisheries minister says
HALIFAX - As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continues about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward today to say the focus is on ...
Jun 21, 2023