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Canada invests $100 million into "historic" action plan for LGBTQ2S+ communities
OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled what it described as a historic first on Sunday as it announced a five-year, $100 million plan to support LGBTQ, two-spirit and intersex communities across the...
Aug 28, 2022

Local lawyer named national president of Kin Canada
Medicine Hat, AB--A big honour for a local lawyer. Cameron Kemp has been named the 103rd National President of Kin Canada. This is one of Canada's strictly Canadian service organizations which boasts ...
Aug 28, 2022

Grande Prairie Mayor Addresses "verbal abuse" at City Hall
Grande Prairie Mayor, Jackie Clayton has released a statement regarding the verbal abuse against Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland that took place at City Hall on Friday, August 26."I want to a...
Aug 28, 2022

What are the five major parties taking part in Quebec's provincial election?
MONTREAL - Quebec's election campaign began on Sunday and Quebecers will go to the polls on Oct. 3; here's a look at the five parties vying to form the province's next government. - Coalition Avenir Q...
Aug 28, 2022

Artemis space mission to moon 'a stepping-stone' to Mars and beyond
The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination. But when NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches Monday, the moon will be more of a way station. "It's really to learn how we can go further," sa...
Aug 28, 2022

'From leaf to space': N.W.T. youth join NASA flight surveying climate change effects
YELLOWKNIFE - Two Northwest Territories youth joined NASA researchers aboard a Gulfstream III jet earlier this month as it soared above Great Slave Lake and parts of Nunavut and Alberta. "It was reall...
Aug 28, 2022

Two art heists, 50 years apart: expert says Canada is a 'soft target'
OTTAWA - It's not clear how they did it: was it a clandestine operation, carried out under the cloak of darkness? An elaborate ruse, designed to fool onlookers? Or something else? However it happened,...
Aug 28, 2022

Quebec election campaign to officially kick off today ahead of Oct. 3 vote
QUEBEC - The Quebec provincial election campaign is set to officially begin today, giving party leaders about five weeks to win over voters ahead of the Oct. 3 vote. Outgoing premier Franois Legault a...
Aug 28, 2022

Whitecaps' playoff drive hits big pothole in 3-0 loss to Nashville
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps hit a pothole in their drive to the Major League Soccer playoffs by giving up a pair of first-half goals and losing 3-0 to Nashville SC Saturday night. Defender Jak...
Aug 27, 2022

Ichiro expresses gratitude entering Mariners Hall of Fame
SEATTLE (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday night, giving his entire 16-minute speech in English while reflecting on his career. Suzuki became the 10th...
Aug 27, 2022