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Small number of fans to attend Winnipeg Jets NHL playoff game, Manitoba premier says
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says a small number of fans will be allowed in the stands for the upcoming National Hockey League playoff series between The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Cana...
Jun 01, 2021

Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...
Jun 01, 2021

COVID-19 deaths brought Canadian life expectancy down, Quebec most affected: StatCan
MONTREAL - The federal statistics agency says the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drop in Canada's life expectancy in 2020. Statistics Canada says it estimates that life expectancy across the country decli...
Jun 01, 2021

'Quite a ride': Exercise studio owners adjust to reopening
MEDICINE HAT, AB - For the past three weeks, gym-goers and yogis have had to adapt.With group fitness classes prohibited, Chris Johnson, owner of The Loft Yoga and Therapy, has shifted her business 10...
Jun 01, 2021

O'Toole releases Pride video as handful of MPs oppose bill to ban conversion therapy
OTTAWA - A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay "blood ban" is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O'Toole as he works to prove once...
Jun 01, 2021

WATCH: Province to give COVID-19, vaccine rollout update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will be joined by Premier Jason Kenney and others for an update on COVID-19 and vaccine rollout.
Jun 01, 2021

Miami Beach police questioning rapper DaBaby about shooting
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby is being questioned by Miami Beach police regarding a shooting that wounded two people, officials said Tuesday. Jonathan Kirk, DaBaby's legal name, was one ...
Jun 01, 2021

Rested Winnipeg Jets eager to face high-flying Montreal Canadiens in round two
Defenceman Nate Thompson says the Winnipeg Jets are "itching to get going" after more than a week of watching hockey on screens instead of from the bench. Winnipeg hasn't played since May 24 when they...
Jun 01, 2021

Outlets: LA County fire station shooting kills 1 firefighter
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - A shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday killed one firefighter and wounded another, multiple media outlets reported. Sheriff's deputies re...
Jun 01, 2021

Province announces funding to find unmarked Indigenous graves
Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson issued the following statement on Monday in support for survivors and loved ones of the Indian residential school system:"Residential schools operated betw...
Jun 01, 2021