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Park use in Canada soared during COVID, creating challenges for cities, survey finds
MONTREAL - A new survey has found that Canadians have flocked to their local parks during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating both challenges and opportunities for cities. The survey by charity organizati...
Jun 23, 2021
Muslim charities concerned about targeted audits call for national security probe
OTTAWA - Dozens of Muslim charities from across Canada, fearful they are being unfairly singled out for audits, want the national security watchdog to investigate the matter. The charities are flaggin...
Jun 23, 2021
Andrew Wiggins says Olympian mom a big influence on his return to national team
If Andrew Wiggins needs advice on what it means to be a Canadian Olympian, he doesn't have to go very far to find it. After a six-year hiatus, Wiggins is back with Canada's national men's basketball t...
Jun 23, 2021
1st Jan. 6 riot defendant sentenced, avoids time behind bars
An Indiana woman on Wednesday became the first of nearly 500 defendants to be sentenced for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and she avoided time behind bars. Anna Morgan Lloyd of Indiana ...
Jun 23, 2021
Parents of teen killed at B.C. school share grief, anger at sentencing hearing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of a 13-year-old girl who was murdered at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., says he doubts the killer will receive a fit sentence for the damage caused to his famil...
Jun 23, 2021
Differences Day promotes inclusion for kids with Special Olympics Canada benefiting
Four-year-old Emmanuel Tezera has spent most of the pandemic teaching his mother Sosena how to bowl, mimicking his favourite coaches from his Special Olympics program. Emmanuel Tezera joined the Speci...
Jun 23, 2021
Civil liberties group asks Liberals to end use facial fingerprint tech in party votes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is asking the Liberals to stop using facial recognition technology as part of the party's process to select candidates in the next federal election. T...
Jun 23, 2021
Crews respond to Normandeau house fire
Investigators are looking into the cause of a house fire in Red Deer's Normandeau neighbourhood on Wednesday.Jon Evans, Assistant Deputy Chief with Red Deer Emergency Services, says crews were called ...
Jun 23, 2021
No Ponoka Stampede this summer
There will be no Ponoka Stampede this summer. Organizers made the announcement cancelling this year's event in a Facebook statement Wednesday morning. "The Ponoka Stampede has officially been postpone...
Jun 23, 2021
Feds ask court to keep documents related to scientists' firing under wraps
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is asking the Federal Court to prohibit disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest-security laboratory. House of Commons Speake...
Jun 23, 2021