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Meadow Lake RCMP hosting free interpersonal violence information seminar
The Meadow Lake RCMP is hosting a free workshop focused on providing information about interpersonal violence and the resources available in the community. Residents of Meadow Lake and the surrounding...
Oct 06, 2021

City to look at adding 'No U-turn signs' to elementary schools
The City of Prince Albert is trying to look for more ways to improve safety in school zones.At Monday's executive council meeting, councilors made a motion for administration to research and bring bac...
Oct 06, 2021

Vaccine clinics in the Battlefords scheduled for October
Those looking to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or the flu will have a variety of options available in the Battlefords this month.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has announced times for COVID-19 ...
Oct 06, 2021

Nobel Prize in chemistry honors tool to build molecules
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University. ...
Oct 06, 2021

Emergency health-care summit, NDP postelection priorities : In The News for Oct. 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 06, 2021

Seniors advocate to release review of COVID-19 outbreaks at B.C. care facilities
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate is set to release a review of COVID-19 outbreaks in the province's care facilities. Isobel Mackenzie said last spring the review will examine more than t...
Oct 06, 2021

NDP says errors meant people — including First Nations — were disenfranchised
OTTAWA - The NDP has requested an official inquiry into what it calls "numerous and systemic failures of election officials" in last month's federal election. NDP national director Anne McGrath has wr...
Oct 06, 2021

RCMP officer who shot, killed Nunavut man continues testifying at inquest
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - The RCMP officer who shot and killed an armed man in a remote Nunavut community is scheduled to continue his testimony today at a coroner's inquest. Cpl. Ian Crowe fired at 21-ye...
Oct 06, 2021

Trudeau expected to announce all federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make good today on his election promise to require all federal employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Trudeau is expected to announce at a news ...
Oct 06, 2021

Singh to tell caucus that Indigenous rights a priority for NDP this Parliament
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is to tell the first meeting of the NDP caucus that pursuing Indigenous rights - including access to clean drinking water - will be a key priority for the party in this Parliame...
Oct 06, 2021