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Cuba's parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
Cuba's National Assembly ratified President Miguel Daz-Canel on Wednesday for a new five-year term, in a decision to maintain continuity as the island faces a deep economic crisis. More than 400 repre...
Apr 19, 2023
B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains
VANCOUVER - The Bonaparte First Nation in British Columbia's Interior is suing a shipping port company and several others, claiming railway infrastructure development has destroyed and disturbed its a...
Apr 19, 2023
U of R team finds organic matter in 44-million-year-old beetle fossil
A team of researchers in Regina is reporting a fantastic finding from a fossil.In something that sounds like it's right out of Jurassic Park, researchers from the University of Regina and the Royal Sa...
Apr 19, 2023
Four inductees named to the Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame
An award-winning musician, a longtime volunteer and two special teachers are being inducted into the Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame.The inductees were announced by the Prince Albert Arts Board on Wed...
Apr 19, 2023
Edmonton Oilers ask fans to 'refrain from throwing things on the ice' at Rogers Place
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are asking their fans to not turn cups and containers into projectiles at Rogers Place after a beverage nearly hit Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar in the aftermat...
Apr 19, 2023
Senator to appear before parliamentary committee over inauthentic docs for Afghans
OTTAWA - A Manitoba senator who denies falsifying travel documents for Afghan refugees will be grilled by a committee of parliamentarians over allegations her actions may have left refugees stranded. ...
Apr 19, 2023
Broadway North Theatre Company opens casting for world-famous musical
One of the most famous plays of all time is coming to Prince Albert, and the quest to fill the different roles begins this week. Starting on Wednesday night, the Broadway North Theatre Company is hold...
Apr 19, 2023
Federal workers now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected
OTTAWA - More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country's biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline.Federal dep...
Apr 19, 2023
Many passport renewals on pause during federal public service workers' strike
TORONTO - Senjuti Sarker needed to renew her passport for an upcoming trip to Europe but her attempt at doing so failed Wednesday after federal public service workers went on strike. Sarker, who was h...
Apr 19, 2023
Break-in at N.W.T. government office results in privacy breach affecting 3,000 people
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government says a break-in at its Department of Education, Culture and Employment headquarters in Yellowknife has resulted in a privacy breach affecting about 3...
Apr 19, 2023