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Raptors fans prepare for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5
Raptors fans across Canada - and beyond - are gearing up for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5 in Toronto. Viewing parties across the country are expanding as the Raptors lo...
Jun 09, 2019
Victoria council debates asking Ottawa to help fund Remembrance Day
VICTORIA - A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said Friday. Lisa Helps said she expected council members would re...
Jun 09, 2019
Citizens shore up trash deposited in local waterways
Just 24 hours after World Oceans Day, Red Deerians took to their city's trails, creeks and river to take part in the annual Red Deer River Cleanup.Put on by the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Waskasoo E...
Jun 09, 2019 The Watts family did their part on Sunday during the Red Deer River Cleanup. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
'The Buffalo Hunt' seeks to show tribe in a new light
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...
Jun 09, 2019
Tory senators deny stalling private members' bills on Indigenous rights
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Conse...
Jun 09, 2019
Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger announce marriage
Chris Pratt says he and Katherine Schwarzenegger were married over the weekend. He announced the nuptials Sunday in an Instagram post accompanied by a photo of the couple walking hand-in-hand. He says...
Jun 09, 2019
NDP MP Christine Moore decides not to seek re-election this fall
OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore will not run for re-election in the fall, she announced Friday. The representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progressive valu...
Jun 09, 2019
Disciplinary probe of Quebec judge in hijab case on hold after bias alleged
MONTREAL - The disciplinary case against a Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear before her wearing a hijab more than four years ago was put on hold again Frid...
Jun 09, 2019
Swimmers take to outdoor pool for annual Freeze or Fry meet
It wasn't too hot or too cold on Sunday for the final day of the 2019 Freeze or Fry swim meet hosted by Red Deer's Catalina Swim Club.In fact, it was just right with the water sitting at 25 degrees Ce...
Jun 09, 2019 Swimmers launch themselves at the start of a race on Sunday, June 9 at the annual Freeze or Fry swim meet in downtown Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Canada's military spies can collect, share info on Canadians, directive says
OTTAWA - Canada's military spies can collect and share information about Canadian citizens - including material gathered by chance - as long as it supports a legitimate investigation, s...
Jun 09, 2019