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LLRIB providing financial support for food lost during power outage
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is providing assistance this week for food items lost during the power outage. That's according to a notice sent to members, stating council has collaborated to ensure ban...
May 27, 2021
La Ronge RCMP arrest woman for cocaine possession
La Ronge RCMP arrested and charged a local woman after finding her in the possession of cocaine. According to an RCMP news release, officers from the La Ronge detachment executed a search warrant Wedn...
May 27, 2021
Echaquan's care at Quebec hospital should have been taken more seriously: head nurse
MONTREAL - The head nurse at a Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a coroner's inquest today the Indigenous patient's care should have been taken more seriously. Echaquan, a ...
May 27, 2021
White House dismisses report that U.S. wants border with Canada reopened next month
WASHINGTON - The White House says no decision has been made about when or how to reopen the border between Canada and the United States. Press secretary Jen Psaki was asked today about a media report ...
May 27, 2021
US tells Russia it won't rejoin Open Skies arms control pact
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders. U.S...
May 27, 2021
Toronto FC says Alejandro Pozuelo could return from injury Saturday in Columbus
After missing Toronto FC's first 10 games through injury, it appears Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is finally ready for liftoff this weekend. The reigning MLS MVP has been sidelined since injuri...
May 27, 2021
Right whale protection: Conservation group calls for mandatory speed limits for ships
HALIFAX - An ocean conservation group trying to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales says it wants mandatory speed limits in the Cabot Strait. Oceana Canada says new satellite data indicates...
May 27, 2021
N.S. Mi'kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys Bay
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - A Mi'kmaq community is scaling down plans for a lobster harvest in southwestern Nova Scotia next week, after Ottawa threatened to pull traps that aren't licensed by the Fisheries ...
May 27, 2021
Mohawk man files rights complaint against Quebec hospital over alleged mistreatment
KANESATAKE - A Mohawk man and his wife are filing a human rights complaint against a Quebec hospital after the elderly man was allegedly discharged from the facility wearing barely any clothes. Winsto...
May 27, 2021
Canada coach Bev Priestman names roster for June friendlies against Czechs, Brazil
Kailen Sheridan, Sabrina D'Angelo, Adriana Leon and Bianca St-Georges have won their injury battle and will be in camp with Canada for international women's soccer friendlies next month against the Cz...
May 27, 2021