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Parental consent now required for Sask. sex ed, name changes
Saskatchewan is updating its policies on students changing names and pronouns in order to ensure parents provide consent.The announcement from Education Minister Dustin Duncan said as of Tuesday, scho...
Aug 22, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns. Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the province wants...
Aug 22, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends several to hospital
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Mounties in Prince George, B.C., say there has been a large explosion at an abandoned building in the city's downtown core. They say the cause of the blast is unknown, but severa...
Aug 22, 2023
Cattlemen see provincial funding as a start, but more needed
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association wants to do all it can to make sure ranching in the province doesn't dry up due to the drought being experienced in Saskatchewan.A lack of moisture in some are...
Aug 22, 2023
West Edmonton Mall locked down as three seriously injured in shooting: police
Three men were injured in a shooting Monday night at West Edmonton Mall, where those inside were locked down in stores and restaurants for two hours.Police said in a news release that the men were tak...
Aug 22, 2023
Microbiologist discusses new COVID variant detected in Saskatchewan
One of the latest variants of COVID-19 has been detected in Saskatchewan.The new variant is called EG.5. The latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRISP) report issued by the Sask...
Aug 22, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
Threatening wildfires across British Columbia have destroyed structures and forced more than 27,000 people from their homes. The province remains in a state of emergency as crews battle the more than ...
Aug 22, 2023
Welcome Baby: Montreal to give out free boxes of items for families with newborns
Montreal will give out boxes of free toys and baby supplies to every family in the city with a new infant starting next year. The so-called Welcome Baby boxes will be available in 45 city libraries as...
Aug 22, 2023
Attorney John Eastman surrenders to authorities on charges in Georgia 2020 election subversion case
ATLANTA (AP) - John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot...
Aug 22, 2023
Accused in Quebec daycare bus crash that killed two kids has case postponed
LAVAL, Que. - The court case of a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has once again been postponed. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested aft...
Aug 22, 2023