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Vaccine lottery: Manitobans eligible for cash, scholarships if they get a COVID shot
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is launching a lottery that will award nearly $2 million in cash and scholarships to people who get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Brian Pallister says anyone aged 12 a...
Jun 09, 2021

Community Police Unit introduced in Brooks
BROOKS, AB - Police in Brooks are hopeful a new unit will improve relations between the police and community members.Const. Sharon Peters, Cpl. Josh Argue and safe communities facilitator Kendra Siebe...
Jun 09, 2021

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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 2021