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B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices
VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill to amend the Forest and Range Practices Act in what she says will "reshape" forest management in the province. Katrine Conroy told ...
Oct 20, 2021
Closed six weeks: Yellowknife schools to reopen Monday as COVID-19 cases decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas are to reopen Monday after a six-week closure during a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories. Cases have declined in t...
Oct 20, 2021
Health-care workers demand Trudeau fast track paid sick-leave policy
OTTAWA - A coalition of front-line health-care workers has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fast-track proposed legislative amendments to grant paid sick leave to federally regulated workers. Tr...
Oct 20, 2021
More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fires: report
OTTAWA - A new report examining the health impacts of climate change says more Canadians than ever are facing serious health risks from heat waves and wildfires, prompting warnings from doctors that w...
Oct 20, 2021
Trudeau urged to make decriminalization of illicit drugs a priority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged to decriminalize the possession and use of illicit drugs as a way to combat the opioid crisis that has resulted in thousands of deaths in Canada. ...
Oct 20, 2021
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cries as he presents COVID-19 modelling
REGINA - Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cried Wednesday during a teleconference on COVID-19 modelling in the province. Dr. Saqib Shahab said it's upsetting to see what is happening in Sas...
Oct 20, 2021
'Good news': Sask. Rivers director shares thoughts on potential child COVID vaccine
The progress being made on a COVID-19 vaccine for children is being called 'good news' by the director of education for Prince Albert's Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division.Robert Bratvold spoke...
Oct 20, 2021
La Ronge, Prince Albert friendship centres benefit from Co-op orange button campaign
Lake Country Co-op is donating more than $7,100 to La Ronge's Kikinahk Friendship Centre and the Prince Albert Indian Mtis Friendship Centre. Back in September, Lake Country Co-op held an orange butto...
Oct 20, 2021
'It is a struggle every day': The faces of Prince Albert's homeless community
While a plan to address the City of Prince Albert's homelessness issue remains in the works, a key voice missing from the discussion so far has been the one that represents the people who sleep on the...
Oct 20, 2021
Raiders get big Belarusian boosts ahead of weekend trip to Alberta
The Prince Albert Raiders have been a Belarusian hockey player factory since the 2017-18 season. Their recent success with players hailing from Belarus started when the Raiders picked up 'the Sniper o...
Oct 20, 2021
