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Montreal police officers handed 30-day suspensions for racial profiling in 2017
MONTREAL - A Black man who was racially profiled by Montreal police during a stop in 2017 says the 30-day suspensions recently imposed by the ethics commission on two officers is significant but not n...
Feb 10, 2022
Clearview Public Schools invites community to share opinions in online survey
Clearview Public Schools wants to hear from the community on what the division's priorities should be for the 2022-2023 school year. With a focus on student success, the school division is consulting ...
Feb 10, 2022
COVID unit nurse hopes to bridge divided communities through music
Keeley Russell has seen it all; moving across the country, moving through the pandemic as a COVID unit nurse, and now she's moving on to the music scene. "I just want music, period, to bring us togeth...
Feb 10, 2022
Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022
Rebels match postponed along with two other regular season games
A Red Deer Rebels game is being rescheduled for a later date.The Western Hockey League (WHL) announced the postponement of three WHL Regular Season games due to a series of forthcoming WHL scheduling ...
Feb 10, 2022
Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canad...
Feb 10, 2022
New Argos running back Harris says he's always played with a chip on his shoulder
TORONTO - Andrew Harris has played football with a huge chip on his shoulder for the last 11 seasons and that's not about to change with the Toronto Argonauts. Harris, who turns 35 in April, signed wi...
Feb 10, 2022
Defence Department failed to spend $1.2B in funding last year, most due to delays
OTTAWA - New figures show the Department of National Defence failed to spend more than $1.2 billion of its allotted budget in the last fiscal year, the majority due to delays in the purchase of new eq...
Feb 10, 2022
Changes to COVID-19 measures for Indoor Recreation Facilities in Ponoka
The Town of Ponoka is easing COVID-19 measures at its indoor recreation facilities, following the announcement by the Alberta Government on Feb. 8 that it will be lifting provincial health measures in...
Feb 10, 2022
New Brunswick judge rejects 'rambling' anti-vax arguments from four public servants
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has rejected a bid by four public servants to overturn the province's recent decision to place them on unpaid leave for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. ...
Feb 10, 2022