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O'Toole makes pitch to working parents with Tories' 'flexible' child-care plan
RUSSELL, Ont. - Erin O'Toole repeated his plan on Tuesday to scrap Liberal child-care deals signed with provinces in favour of a refundable tax credit, saying the Conservative approach will give a big...
Sep 14, 2021
Desmond inquiry: focus of hearings shifts to examination of domestic violence
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 turned its attention today to the issue of domestic violence. The executive direc...
Sep 14, 2021
N.S. family who perished in trailer fire were busy and boisterous: neighbour
AMHERST, N.S. - A mother, father and four children who perished in a fire inside their vacation trailer are being recalled as an active, boisterous family by a friend who rented them the Amherst, N.S....
Sep 14, 2021
Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million...
Sep 14, 2021
Prince Albert Urban Indigenous Coalition releases new Orange Shirt Day logo and talks about day plans
Awareness for Orange Shirt Day has been growing yearly. Over the past few years it has been quite a significant day in Prince Albert with walks being held and schools holding ceremonies for students t...
Sep 14, 2021
SaskTel, other providers trying for faster rural internet
Saskatchewan is a large province with a highly spread-out population and not all of the people in the province have access to reliable internet. Gradually, however, that is starting to change.SaskTel ...
Sep 14, 2021
Trudeau pitches Liberals' climate change plan to British Columbia voters
RICHMOND, B.C. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is pitching his climate change strategy to British Columbia voters today, saying the NDP hasn't put forward a "real plan" to fight the problem. Trudeau s...
Sep 14, 2021
Toronto new Grey Cup contender as Riders slip quietly under the covers
It was somewhere east of Saskatchewan, in a thatch of chemically contaminated ground sown with salt where nothing natural grows, that the 2021 Rider season came to an early conclusion.Technically ther...
Sep 14, 2021
2021 SICC First Nations Language Keepers Gathering
SICC invites you to take a virtual walk with us at the 2021 First Nations Language Keepers Gathering. Join us September 21 and 22. Due to the global pandemic, this year's gathering will be virtual to ...
Sep 14, 2021
Alberta's 'Open For Summer' plan was premature: chief medical officer of health
Alberta's top doctor says the province's "Open For Summer" plan set the trajectory for a crushing fourth wave of COVID-19. Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, told a conference call wi...
Sep 14, 2021
