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Just 21, Red Deer's Rebecca Smith ready for first Olympics
Red Deer's Rebecca Smith is headed to the Olympic Games.A swimmer, the 21-year old qualified by putting in a top-notch performance this week at the Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto.Smith finished th...
Jun 26, 2021
National HIV Testing Day highlights need for better access
Sunday, June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, and advocates say they're working on getting the word out about a new self-test which returns results in minutes using just a drop of blood.Community-Based...
Jun 26, 2021
Victoria organizers get green light to have fans at Olympic basketball qualifying
Victoria will feel like home court for Canada's men's basketball team after all. Organizers for Canada's last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament which tips off Tuesday in Victoria have been given th...
Jun 26, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years. Fans and beer drinkers from across the country will be lifting thei...
Jun 26, 2021
'Staying alive is an obsession:' Family of survivors reflect on residential schools
The weeds of residential schools are tangled throughout the family tree of Clayton Episkenew and many other Indigenous people in Canada. "I have come a long way but at times feel guilty that I am here...
Jun 26, 2021
Flames hamper rescue effort amid rubble of Florida condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not be...
Jun 26, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years. Fans and beer drinkers from across the country will be lifting thei...
Jun 26, 2021
'Legacy horrific' but Ontario trucker's retrial more sensitive to victim: lawyers
EDMONTON - Lawyers say the retrial of a man to be sentenced next week for killing a woman in his hotel room 10 years ago is an example of how cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and ...
Jun 26, 2021
Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit
OTTAWA - Newly released documents on a little-used federal benefit for parents of crime victims show an increase in aid being paid out after an overhaul of the program, but the rate of denied applicat...
Jun 26, 2021
Expert explains about the 'heat dome' hovering above B.C., Alberta and territories
Much of British Columbia, northern Alberta and parts of Yukon and the Northwest Territories are experiencing a "heat dome" that is expected to shatter high-temperature records over the next few days. ...
Jun 26, 2021