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Elementary student receives Honourable Mention for Indigenous Student Award
A local elementary school student received some special recognition on Friday during National Indigenous Peoples Day.Grade 5 student, Alexa Houle-Stamp received an Honourable Mention for the Honouring...
Jun 21, 2019 Anne Marie Watson (Chair Trustee), Alexa Houle-Stamp, Cynthia Leyson (Trustee)
Wants mandate for plans: Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister moves up election date
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister, saying he needs a new mandate from voters after fulfilling key promises from his last campaign, has moved up the provincial election by more than a year. ...
Jun 21, 2019
Celebrations across Canada to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day
TORONTO - Events were held across Canada on Friday to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, including a sunrise ceremony in Toronto, a totem pole unveiling in Whitehorse and the renaming of a str...
Jun 21, 2019
Sir Elton John to get France's Legion of Honor from Macron
PARIS - Sir Elton John is to receive the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, during a visit to the presidential Elysee Palace. The singer is to meet first on Friday with French President Emmanuel...
Jun 21, 2019
Construction on Edgar Industrial Drive / CPR Bridge starting Monday
Starting Monday June 24, traffic across the CPR Bridge will be restricted to a single lane of alternating traffic, and will be controlled by temporary traffic lights.This lane restriction will remain ...
Jun 21, 2019
Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo: Online scalpers pick on the wrong event
HALIFAX - Over the past 40 years, the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo has grown to become the world's largest indoor celebration of military music and traditions. But it's been only in the last...
Jun 21, 2019
Argos' running back Wilder Jr. happy Lawrence to suit up for Ticats
TORONTO - James Wilder Jr. wants a piece of Simoni Lawrence. The Toronto running back can't wait to tangle with Lawrence on Saturday when the Argos host arch-rival Hamilton in thei...
Jun 21, 2019
Renata Ford, widow of Rob Ford, to run for Bernier's 'People's party' in federal election
Toronto voters will have a chance this fall to vote for yet another Ford. Renata Ford - the widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, sister-in-law to Ontario's premier, daughter-in-law to a former...
Jun 21, 2019
AP Source: NHL salary cap will fall short of projections
VANCOUVER - The NHL salary cap for next season will be between $81.5 and $82 million, which is at least $1 million lower than initially projected, The Associated Press has confirmed. The figure was di...
Jun 21, 2019
Trudeau promises to legislate implementation of UNDRIP if re-elected
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising that a re-elected Liberal government will introduce legislation to ensure federal laws are harmonized with the United Nations Declaration on the Rig...
Jun 21, 2019