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FASD - Let's Talk About It
Internationally, September 9 is a day devoted to raising awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Throughout Saskatchewan, communities hold a variety of events to recognize the importan...
Sep 8, 2021
Ninety-seven-year-old dies in blaze at Montreal seniors residence
Montreal police say a 97-year-old woman died in a fire at a retirement home on Tuesday in northeastern Montreal. Police confirmed today the victim died of her injuries a few hours after being transpor...
Sep 8, 2021
Mandatory face masks at all city owned facilities beginning Friday
If you put them away it's time to dig them back out: non-medical face masks will be mandatory in all city owned facilities effective Sept.10.The decision by Prince Albert city council comes after an i...
Sep 8, 2021
Brandon University says Theo Fleury's recent vaccine comments a 'stain on his legacy'
BRANDON, Man. - Brandon University has issued a statement publicly criticizing former NHLer Theo Fleury for spreading harmful conspiracy theories. The school in southwestern Manitoba granted Fleury an...
Sep 8, 2021
FSIN calls on feds, policing partners to help curb tragedies on Indigenous communities
Avoidable and preventable tragedies.That's how the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) described recent events in Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan.This was all from a release by th...
Sep 8, 2021
'Gasps all around:' New Burgess Shale fossil sheds light on the evolution of bigness
It was getting late and the team of paleontologists excavating a previously unexplored outcrop of the Burgess Shale was ready to call it a day. A camera crew filming the dig in Kootenay National Park ...
Sep 8, 2021
French federal debate and BoC interest rate announcement: In The News for Sept. 8
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 Sept. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 8, 2021
Learning about 9/11: Attacks part of identity, racism lesson in Canadian classrooms
Most undergraduate students sitting in a class about Canada's military history at the University of Calgary have never known or can't remember a world before Sept. 11, 2001. David Bercuson, an associa...
Sep 8, 2021
Tonight's French debate, Thursday's English debate pivotal for federal leaders
OTTAWA - Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20. With less ...
Sep 8, 2021
RCMP decides against apology to Black community for excessive Halifax street checks
HALIFAX - The RCMP says there will be no formal apology to Halifax's Black communities for its heavy use of street checks, despite the Halifax regional police having done so almost two years ago. Stre...
Sep 8, 2021
