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Indigenous storyteller, stone carver hopes to inspire pride in heritage
For National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, battlefordsNOW is featuring Indigenous professionals, storytellers, entertainers, artists and others.Lyndon Tootoosis has found passion and purpose thro...
Jun 21, 2021
Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans - but with strict limits
TOKYO (AP) - A sharply limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics, organizers announced Monday as they tried to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheering has be...
Jun 21, 2021
Swedish PM loses confidence vote, sparking uncertainty
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Stefan Lofven, Sweden's Social Democratic prime minister since 2014, lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday amid a housing crisis and skyrocketing real estate prices, making h...
Jun 21, 2021
Spanish leader: 9 Catalan separatists will be pardoned
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Prime Minister Pedro Snchez said Monday that the Spanish Cabinet will approve pardons for nine separatist Catalan politicians and activists imprisoned for their roles in the 20...
Jun 21, 2021
Iran's president-elect defends himself over 1988 executions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's president-elect has called himself "a defender of human rights" after being asked directly about his involvement in the 1988 mass executions of some 5,000 peo...
Jun 21, 2021
Canada to get 5.2m COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, Pfizer shipment slightly delayed
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive more than five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine over the coming week. Around 2.4 million are expected to come from Pfizer and BioNTech, though that shipment isn't sl...
Jun 21, 2021
Net-zero climate bill, conversion therapy ban, lab documents on Parliament's agenda
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians are entering what could be their final stretch in the House of Commons before summer break as the Liberal government sharpens its focus on two key pieces of legislation. On t...
Jun 21, 2021
Canada to unveil travel rules for fully vaccinated citizens, permanent residents
OTTAWA - Canada is set to detail what quarantine rules citizens and permanent residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon have to follow when entering the country. Public Safety and ...
Jun 21, 2021
Armenia PM party wins snap parliamentary election
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Results released Monday showed the party of Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won the snap parliamentary elections he called to ease anger over a peace deal he si...
Jun 21, 2021
Nicolas Roy overtime goal gives Golden Knights win over Canadiens, series tied 2-2
MONTREAL - The Golden Knights are back on level terms in the Stanley Cup semifinals. Nicolas Roy scored his fourth goal of the playoffs at 1:18 of overtime as Vegas defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-1...
Jun 20, 2021
