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Environment Canada issues heat warnings, says record-high temperatures loom for B.C.
VANCOUVER - Some B.C. communities are setting up cooling centres and distributing water bottles ahead of a sweltering heat wave that is expected to blanket most of the province. Environment Canada has...
Jun 24, 2021
'They made us believe we didn't have souls:' Marieval residential school survivor
A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at th...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadian basketball player may be forced to choose between daughter, Olympics
Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher says she's being "forced to decide between being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete." Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter S...
Jun 24, 2021
52 new COVID-19 cases, 55 recoveries, no new deaths
There are 52 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 48,590 cases. This is the first time since Monday where cases have exceeded 50.The new cases ...
Jun 24, 2021
Groups challenge decision allowing judge involved in U of T controversy to keep job
OTTAWA - Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appo...
Jun 24, 2021
CPL set for third season kickoff but will it be an even playing field to start?
The Canadian Premier League kicks off its third season this weekend under the bubble in Winnipeg, with more than a few questions to be answered after a pandemic-disrupted buildup. "We're trying to fig...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadian Vasek Pospisil loses quarterfinal match at Wimbledon tune-up event
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom - Canada's Vasek Pospisil lost 6-4, 6-4 to No. 2 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in quarterfinal play at the Viking International on Thursday. The 66th-ranked Pospisil, fro...
Jun 24, 2021
La Ronge council approves flying Treaty 6 flag on municipal pole
The Treaty 6 flag will soon fly proudly in La Ronge after council approved a request to raise it. In a letter sent to council and others by Samuel Hardlotte and Hope Fietz Hardlotte, it was requested ...
Jun 24, 2021
Facial recognition use by Liberals raises issues, says B.C.'s privacy commissioner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner says he's considering launching an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada. Michae...
Jun 24, 2021
Yukon election followed the rules, lawyer for chief electoral officer tells court
WHITEHORSE - A lawyer for Yukon's top election official says the process to authorize a special ballot for a jailed voter in a riding where the Liberal incumbent lost her seat in a tie vote did not br...
Jun 24, 2021