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World Refugee Day
Monday, June 20th is World Refugee Day, and to celebrate we are holding an event at our Settlement Services location. There will be newcomer story boards and stories, entertainment, coffee, tea, and t...
Jun 20, 2022
Curling Canada to kick off quadrennial with new PointsBet Invitational
OTTAWA - Curling Canada plans to kick off the quadrennial with a new event on its Season of Champions calendar. The PointsBet Invitational will be played Sept. 21-25 at Willie O'Ree Place in Frederict...
Jun 20, 2022
Realtor questions city purchasing land for $9 million
A local realtor is questioning why the City of Prince Albert spent so much more to buy 25 acres of land than the RM of Prince Albert paid for the same amount of land. Even with all services included (...
Jun 20, 2022
RCMP struggled to promptly inform families in aftermath of Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX - The RCMP struggled to inform families promptly about the loss of their loved ones in the aftermath of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, with a single officer handling most cases amid an "a...
Jun 20, 2022
Boris Johnson has sinus operation at London hospital
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had an operation on his sinuses under general anaesthetic on Monday, his office said. Johnson's spokesman, Max Blain, said the prime minister was bac...
Jun 20, 2022
A Rail Strike and a Plastic Ban Start the Week: In The News for June 20, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Monday, June 20, 2022 ... What we are watching...
Jun 20, 2022
The Jan. 6 hearings are a hit. Will they sway voters in the November midterms?
WASHINGTON - Rachel Paine Caufield was telling a conservative friend about her evening plans: catching up on the latest instalment of the hearings into the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots. Sure, it's not "G...
Jun 20, 2022
The final countdown to banning some single-use plastics in Canada begins today
OTTAWA - Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government puts the final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics. ...
Jun 20, 2022
Ex-PQ leader André Boisclair's sex assault cases returning to court
MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair's criminal cases on allegations of sexual assault are due back in court today. Boisclair, 56, has pleaded not guilty to charges in separate cases ...
Jun 20, 2022
'The robots are coming': Calgary researchers working on rescue robots for disasters
CALGARY - It could be a character on a Saturday morning kids show, but this rescue robot is anything but fantasy. "It's not science fiction. It's science and this thing exists," said Alejandro Ramirez...
Jun 20, 2022
