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#YouMatter Awareness walk to take place at Flying Dust First Nation
Flying Dust First Nation will be hosting a suicide awareness walk in partnership with the City of Meadow Lake, RCMP, Northern Inter Tribal Health Agency (NITHA) and Roots of Hope in Meadow Lake. Tara ...
Jul 31, 2020
Edmonton hopes for NHL hub-city benefits, welcomes Western Conference playoffs
EDMONTON - Across the street from Rogers Place, a pub patio was prepped with picnic tables and television screens slung above them Friday. On the eve of the 2020 NHL playoffs, numerous downtown E...
Jul 31, 2020
Supporters join northerners as they walk into Regina
Fiddler Tristen Durocher and Men of the North Founder Christopher Merasty reached Regina today, concluding a one-month walk from Air Ronge. The 630-kilometre walk began July 2 to demonstrate against t...
Jul 31, 2020
Drowning prevention: Families reflect on scary incidents
The family of a young survivor of a near-drowning incident and Parkland Ambulance Care staff are celebrating the quick actions of two bystanders and sharing a powerful message about water safety.Parkl...
Jul 31, 2020
Face-to-face behind the mask: a new way of political campaigning
In the world of political campaigning, getting your name and face out there is job number one. So, when a global pandemic comes along and you find yourself knocking on doors wearing a face mask, it ma...
Jul 31, 2020
Seniors learn about the medical and recreational use of marijuana
The Prince Albert Seniors Advocacy Centre held a workshop on Thursday to learn more about marijuana use. This is the second workshop they've held for seniors about cannabis and Dr. John Fryters with t...
Jul 31, 2020
Five things to watch as the Toronto Raptors resume their title defence
The defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors resume their title defence when they face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. Here are five things to watch: The Quiet: The Raptors boast one of the b...
Jul 31, 2020
Canadian fans ready to embrace return of NHL in season restart amid summer heat
EDMONTON - As the summer heat shimmers off the pavement and stationary cars double as sweltering four-door Dutch ovens, Canada's favourite winter pastime is officially back. The National Hockey L...
Jul 31, 2020
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential bi...
Jul 31, 2020
NBA champion Toronto Raptors ready to pick up where they left off
The Toronto Raptors were the hottest team in the NBA in early March, on a league-best four-game winning streak, coming off a solid west coast road swing and having just clinched a playoff sp...
Jul 31, 2020
