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Orange Shirt Day a time to honour residential school survivors
Today marks Orange Shirt Day in the Battlefords and across Canada - commemorating a difficult time in the nation's history, as well as efforts towards healing and reconciliation.Senator and elder Jenn...
Sep 30, 2020
Another First Nation in Nova Scotia set to start self-regulated lobster fishery
HALIFAX - A First Nation in southern Cape Breton is set to become the second Indigenous band in Nova Scotia to launch a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery that will operate outside the regular ...
Sep 30, 2020
Long-time resident joins Ward 2 race
A local chiropractor and long-time Prince Albert resident is running for election in Ward 2. Devin Gorder explained he was motivated to enter the race by his commitment to the city and a desire to be ...
Sep 30, 2020
New Steinem biopic shines light on a sisterhood of activists
Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn't interested in getting married: "I can't mate in captivity." She did eventually marry, to her own surpr...
Sep 30, 2020
Actors in drag march to highlight virus threat to UK theatre
LONDON - As much of Britain's economy emerged from the coronavirus lockdown, its theatres stayed dark, with performers and staff unwillingly idled. So they made a song and dance about it. Scores of ac...
Sep 30, 2020
Man arrested in ambush of 2 Los Angeles County deputies
LOS ANGELES - California investigators have arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies earlier this month as they sat in their squad car, a...
Sep 30, 2020
Racism common in Montreal hospitals says head of Native Women's Shelter
MONTREAL - The executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal says racism against Indigenous people is so common at local hospitals that her organization escorts clients to medical visit...
Sep 30, 2020
Case of coronavirus appears in Little Red
A confirmed case of coronavirus has been identified on the Little Red reserve. That's according to a Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority Inc. (NITHA) media release, which states the individual is i...
Sep 30, 2020
Health Canada green-lights rapid COVID-19 test
OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19. The department posted news of the approval of the Abbott Diagnostics ID Now test this afternoon, a day after the governme...
Sep 30, 2020
COVID-19 cases rising in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous communities have been facing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases during the last few weeks. Miller says 673 COVID-19 cases have been re...
Sep 30, 2020