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Commons committee censures firearms association over inflammatory comments
OTTAWA - The National Firearms Association has been censured by a House of Commons committee for inflammatory comments about the Trudeau government's recent gun control legislation.The national securi...
Feb 22, 2021
Alberta cabinet minister reacts to government silence on Edmonton torch parade
EDMONTON - Alberta's multiculturalism minister has pushed back against criticism of government silence following a weekend COVID-19 protest that included marchers with torches. "Right now, I'm actuall...
Feb 22, 2021
‘It’s OK to not be OK’: Online mental health tool helps Sask. first responders
They're the heroes who deal with life's most traumatic and dangerous scenarios, but where do the heroes go when they're the ones who need help?Several hundred first responders and other Public Safety ...
Feb 22, 2021
Bulk sampling program complete at Project Falcon but diamond breakage dispute continues
A key step in the process towards establishing the viability of a future diamond mine east of Prince Albert appears to have been concluded. However, the two main partners in the Fort la Corne explorat...
Feb 22, 2021
New signage installed at old Quality Inn
A series of new signs signalling a change in ownership have been installed at the former Quality Inn downtown.City council approved the sale of the boarded up hotel, which it acquired through the Tax ...
Feb 22, 2021
Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested on US drug charges
WASHINGTON - The wife of Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges , the Justice Depar...
Feb 22, 2021
Carabins lineman Olivier-Lestage getting noticed despite not playing football in 2020
Not playing football in 2020 hasn't stopped Montreal Carabins offensive lineman Pier Olivier-Lestage from being noticed. Canadian universities didn't play last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But t...
Feb 22, 2021
Boston Pizza donates over $3,200 to Rose Garden Hospice
The local Boston Pizza has donated $3,277 towards the Rose Garden Hospice who are still planning to get shovels in the ground this year.On Monday morning general manager of the Prince Albert restauran...
Feb 22, 2021
Variant in schools means it's time for all students in B.C. to wear masks: union
SURREY, B.C. - The head of the teachers' union in British Columbia is urging public health officials to expand guidelines on masks to include elementary students after seven schools reported cases inv...
Feb 22, 2021
Nurse happy for Finch, the latest Raptors assistant to earn an NBA head coach job
Four months after he lost Nate Bjorkgren to the Indiana Pacers, Nick Nurse finds himself short an assistant coach once again. Nurse's longtime friend Chris Finch is the new head coach of the strugglin...
Feb 22, 2021
