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Cowessess First Nation chief to lead national advisory committee
Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme has been tasked with heading up the preservation of documents related to residential schools.Delorme previously announced he wouldn't be seeking re-election...
Feb 22, 2023

Mounties warning of scam using name of RCMP commissioner
The RCMP is warning of a possible scam invoking the name of its boss.According to a media release, the La Ronge RCMP got a report of a possible email scam using the name of RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lu...
Feb 22, 2023

Veteran CFL quarterback Bethel-Thompson announces he'll play in USFL
McLeod Bethel-Thompson has clarified his football future, and it doesn't include a return to the CFL. The veteran quarterback announced on social media that he'll play with the USFL's New Orleans Brea...
Feb 22, 2023

Stuart Skinner calms Oilers' crease: 'Pretty crazy evolution'
Connor McDavid has known Stuart Skinner a long time. Before the game's bright lights - before he'd even been picked by a junior club - the goaltender was grinding away as a teenager beside McDavid at ...
Feb 22, 2023

Canada's Fernandez and American partner Mattek-Sands advance in doubles at Dubai
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands advanced to the women's doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 3-6, 6-1,...
Feb 22, 2023

Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces confirm that they are aware of recent efforts by China to conduct surveillance operations in Canadian airspace and waters. Spokesm...
Feb 22, 2023

Chief Poundmaker's pipe, saddle bag returning from Royal Ontario Museum to family
Artifacts belonging to a 19th-century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper are expected to be returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum.The Toronto...
Feb 22, 2023

Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins to have statue erected in Chatham, Ont.
CHATHAM, Ont. - Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins will be honoured by his hometown with a new statue. The city of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario will unveil a nine-foot tall bronze ...
Feb 22, 2023

Nearly 70 children now believed to have died at former B.C. residential school site
Editor's Note: This story addresses tragedies at former residential school sites and may be unsettling for some readers. Discretion is advised. Direct links to support resources are included at the bo...
Feb 22, 2023

NDP MP urges feds to create 'Red Dress Alert' for missing Indigenous women
OTTAWA - An NDP member of Parliament is asking the federal government to establish a system that would send the public a phone notification when an Indigenous woman goes missing. Leah Gazan penned a l...
Feb 22, 2023