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Canada's Bottcher beats Italy's Retornaz 7-4 at world men's curling championship
CALGARY - Coming off an upset loss and with a contender-heavy schedule on the horizon, Canada's Brendan Bottcher was in desperate need of a solid victory on Tuesday afternoon. His Edmonton-based team ...
Apr 06, 2021
Alberta curriculum protest moves online
Alberta's new Draft K-6 Curriculum was the focus of an online protest held across the province Tuesday.The event was to be held outside Education Minister Adriana LaGrange's constituency office in nor...
Apr 06, 2021
Additional arson charges laid against suspect in Masonic hall fires
VANCOUVER - Police say five more charges have been approved against a man accused of setting fire to three Masonic halls in Metro Vancouver last week. Police say 42-year-old Benjamin Kohlman was charg...
Apr 06, 2021
Canucks' COVID-19 outbreak grows to 18 players with Virtanen added to protocol list
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s provincial health officer says the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through the Vancouver Canucks is a "cautionary tale." Dr. Bonnie Henry told reporters Tuesday that what's happening wit...
Apr 06, 2021
Alberta returns to Step 1 of COVID restrictions amid sharp rise in variant cases
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is reinstituting some public-health restrictions, saying that variant cases of COVID-19 continue to soar and are on track to swamp the health system by mid-May....
Apr 06, 2021
Alberta clamps down as COVID variants threaten to swamp health system
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says widespread rule-breaking has forced his government to bring back tougher public-health restrictions and that failing to do so would cause variant COVID-19 ...
Apr 06, 2021
Deal reached in Vancouver to help the homeless; and work to close park encampment
VANCOUVER - A formal agreement has been signed by British Columbia, the city and parks board to work together to end a 10-month encampment in Vancouver that has frustrated residents who lost access to...
Apr 06, 2021
New Superintendent for Wolf Creek Public Schools
Tim De Ruyck has been appointed as the new Superintendent of Schools and Chief Executive Officer for Wolf Creek School Division (Wolf Creek Public Schools) effective September 1, 2021.De Ruyck spent 2...
Apr 06, 2021
Quebec university postpones intimate photo lawsuit against student
MONTREAL - A Montreal university has postponed the legal action it took against a student who posted on social media semi-nude photos of herself posing with a diploma featuring the school's logo. Univ...
Apr 06, 2021
WCPS Board nominates Bluffton School teacher for Edwin Parr Award
The Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) Board of Trustees has nominated Bluffton School teacher Ty Wagar for the 2021 Edwin Parr Award. Wagar teaches grades 2-9 physical education, grade 7-9 math and jun...
Apr 06, 2021