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Two Alberta First Nations want courts to allow appeal of decision on coal mine
A second Alberta First Nation wants the courts to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains isn't in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation ...
Jul 22, 2021
Young Wolves Indigenous Beach VB Camp
FREE Young Wolves Indigenous Beach Volleyball Camp will be coming to Saskatoon.Registration deadline is July 26, 2021.See the poster for details.
Jul 22, 2021
Annamie Paul says 'small group' of party execs behind court case against Green leader
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is seeking to frame a legal challenge from her own party as the work of a "small group" of outgoing executives that amounts to a "one-sided attack." Backed by sign-t...
Jul 22, 2021
Minimum security inmate dies while at large
A man who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge last week, has died.Wednesday evening, Correctional Services of Canada confirmed Eugene Desjarlais, an inmate at the minimum security federal insti...
Jul 22, 2021
More evacuations ordered in B.C. as wildfires flare, fanned by strong winds
Residents in more areas of British Columbia have been forced from their homes indefinitely, this time by wildfires whipped up by strong winds in the southeastern part of the province. The Regional Dis...
Jul 22, 2021
Remains of fourth Canadian pulled from Florida condo collapse identified by police
MONTREAL - Miami-Dade police say a body pulled from a collapsed condominium building in South Florida has been identified as Anastasia Gromova, from Montreal. The police force confirmed the identity o...
Jul 22, 2021
US jobless claims rise to 419,000 from a pandemic low
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week from the lowest point of the pandemic, even as the job market appears to be rebounding on the strength of a reopened e...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympic Roundup: Canada suffers softball setback; small presence at opening ceremony
TOKYO - Sara Groenewegen's strong performance both on the mound and at the plate wasn't enough to help Canada overcome its softball rival from south of the border. Monica Abbott pitched a complete-gam...
Jul 22, 2021
ECB says ultra-low rate benchmarks to remain in force
FRANKFURT - Facing unease over the spread of a more-contagious variant of the coronavirus, the European Central Bank said it would maintain its stimulus in the form of ultra-low interest rates until i...
Jul 22, 2021
Unusual year creates unusual entry draft for NHL prospects, scouts
Between online classes and strict COVID-19 restriction, Owen Power's freshman season wasn't exactly what he expected. Now the No. 1-ranked North American skater is set to miss out on a normal NHL entr...
Jul 22, 2021
