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Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care: Miller
OTTAWA - The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says. He says tha...
Oct 15, 2020
Europe reels as it sets virus records, slaps on new rules
BERLIN - Fears rose Thursday that Europe is running out of time to control a resurgence of the coronavirus, as infections hit record daily highs in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland. Franc...
Oct 15, 2020
U Sports cancels remaining national championships in 2021 because of pandemic
No national championships in Canadian university sport will happen this season. U Sports has cancelled its 2021 national tournaments because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impacted sports are men's and...
Oct 15, 2020
EU chief self-isolates as virus makes its mark at a summit
BRUSSELS - As a fresh wave of the coronavirus sweeps across much of Europe, the reality of the disease struck a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday when one of the 27-nation bloc's top offici...
Oct 15, 2020
Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds
OTTAWA - At least a dozen new projects to go after online hate are being funded through Ottawa's anti-racism strategy today. Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger says 85 projects are getting money throu...
Oct 15, 2020
Lethbridge College to operate two agricultural centres in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has announced a boost for research at Lethbridge College.Details are being finalized for a $2 million agreement that will have the post-secondary institution manage the 2...
Oct 15, 2020
Shares of Chinese retailer Miniso jump in 1st day of trading
HONG KONG - Shares of Miniso Group Holding jumped in their first day of trading, while the broader markets were on pace for their third straight loss this week. Miniso, a Chinese discount retailer kno...
Oct 15, 2020
Area golf courses putting the pins away this week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The ongoing changing of the weather means the golf season is coming to a close here in Medicine Hat, Redcliff and area.Riverview Golf Club in Redcliff posted online that the cooler ...
Oct 15, 2020
Jurors in N.B. mass murder trial shown more images on suspect's computer of 'demons'
FREDERICTON - Jurors for the trial of accused mass murderer Matthew Raymond are being shown more images and messages from the suspect's computer hard drives. Alex Pate, a lawyer with Raymond's d...
Oct 15, 2020
'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta
Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...
Oct 15, 2020