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Pulled Pork Lunch Fundraiser
The Royal Purple Elks #50 are hosting a Pulled Pork Lunch Fundraiser.For only $10 you can have pulled pork on a bun with coleslaw and chips AND support a great local charity.See the poster below for d...
Sep 01, 2021

Canada's Sam Adekugbe continues soccer journey with Turkey's Hatayspor
TORONTO - Sam Adekugbe's soccer career has already taken him from the Vancouver Whitecaps to teams in England, Sweden, Norway and now Turkey with Hatayspor. But the 26-year-old defender from Calgary i...
Sep 01, 2021

Quebec launches COVID-19 vaccine passport system across province
MONTREAL - Quebecers are required starting today to show proof of vaccination to access businesses and events the government deems non-essential, such as restaurants, gyms and festivals. The governmen...
Sep 01, 2021

Sask. cattle owners charged in relation to animal cruelty case
Editor's note: This story was amended on Sept 7, to reflect that the charges against Donald Black and Connie Black-Sturby, were stayed by the Crown on June 16, 2020.Nearly a year-and-a-half after over...
Sep 01, 2021

NDP candidate Harmonie King looking to improve mental health resources
A registered social worker born and raised in Meadow Lake is looking to improve mental health resources in the northern region of the riding if elected in the fall. Harmonie King is running in the upc...
Sep 01, 2021

Canada captures world championship gold for first time since 2012
CALGARY - Canada claimed its first women's world hockey championship in almost a decade Tuesday when Marie-Philip Poulin scored the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory over the United States. The Canadia...
Sep 01, 2021

Quebec police issue Amber Alert after three-year-old boy allegedly abducted
MATANE, Que. - Quebec provincial police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday night after a three-year-old boy was allegedly abducted in a town 400 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Police say the boy w...
Sep 01, 2021

Federal leaders stay central, COVID cure misinformation : In The News for Sept. 1
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 Sept. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 01, 2021

Health law professor says 'ideological lens' behind unproven COVID-19 treatment
A health law professor says a belief by some that a medication used to deworm cattle and horses can treat COVID-19 shows how ideology can lead people to embrace misinformation. Timothy Caulfield from ...
Sep 01, 2021

'Social movement': Alberta's energy 'war room' planning broad new ad campaign
EDMONTON - Alberta's Canadian Energy Centre appears ready to be vocal again, planning a new campaign to "change perceptions" about the province's oil and gas industry and build what it's calling a soc...
Sep 01, 2021