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Youth, experience has Canadiens on the cusp of Stanley Cup final
MONTREAL - Eric Staal wired a shot upstairs off a Nick Suzuki pass to give the Canadiens a 2-0 lead in Game 5. Emerging second-year star to grizzled veteran. Just over three minutes later, Corey Perry...
Jun 23, 2021
Watchdog calls rate of child sexual abuse in Nunavut a crisis
IQALUIT - Nunavut's representative for children and youth says the territory's high rate of child sexual abuse amounts to a crisis. Jane Bates testified this week before legislature members to discuss...
Jun 23, 2021
Alberta commits $8 million to locate and honour victims at residential school sites
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is contributing $8 million in grants to assist First Nations and Mtis communities locate the remains and honour the memories of residential school victims. Premier Ja...
Jun 23, 2021
Renovated Stettler emergency department opens Monday
Alberta Heath Services says patients, staff and physicians will benefit from a larger, upgraded emergency department (ER) at the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre when the reconfigured space reopens M...
Jun 23, 2021
Witnesses: Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills more than 50
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday and killed at least 51 people, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked med...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed: minister
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says Ottawa is open to providing archival data on residential schools to the U.S. government to help with its recently announced investigation int...
Jun 23, 2021
Scale and speed of change needed to achieve 2030 climate goal a challenge, says PBO
OTTAWA - A new report from Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the speed at which change needs to happen for how people drive and heat buildings will make it tough for the Liberal government to...
Jun 23, 2021
Modified Rural Beautification Tour this year at Red Deer County
Due to ongoing public health restrictions, Red Deer County is hosting a modified version of its Rural Beautification program again this year. County residents are invited and encouraged to submit phot...
Jun 23, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs manager says family violence training was needed
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing from his case manager at Veterans Affairs, who testified today th...
Jun 23, 2021
Class action alleging RCMP abuse of Indigenous people in Northern Canada certified
TORONTO - A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday....
Jun 23, 2021