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Tri-community leadership cancel Canada Day to focus on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Canada Day celebrations have been cancelled in the tri-communities for 2021.According to a media release issued Wednesday by Air Ronge, La Ronge, and Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) leadership, the t...
Jun 18, 2021

Kenney to deliver update with Alberta on cusp of dropping all COVID-19 restrictions
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will deliver an update today on COVID-19 health rules, with the province on the cusp of fully reopening its economy. Kenney has said Alberta needs 70 per cent o...
Jun 18, 2021

Kinistino Grad Parade
The Kinistino School Graduating Class of 2021 will be celebrated through the Town of Kinistino today- Friday, June 18 starting at 6:00 p.m.Please see the poster below for details.
Jun 18, 2021

Kanaweyimik Child & Family Services Indigenous Teachings
In partnership with Kanaweyimik Child & Family Services, a temporary collection of traditional tipis are on display on the south lawn of the WDM North Battleford for the summer of 2021. You will h...
Jun 18, 2021

Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme isolating after irregularities in COVID-19 testing
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say interim head coach Dominique Ducharme has been sent home and is isolating following irregularities in COVID-19 testing. The Canadiens cancelled Ducharme's pre-gam...
Jun 18, 2021

Coal company considers legal options after review denies Rockies mine application
A coal company that was denied an application to build an open-pit mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains says it's considering its legal options. On Thursday, a joint federal-provincial review panel denie...
Jun 18, 2021

Restrictions at U.S. border to remain in place until end of July, Blair says
OTTAWA - Travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border will remain in place for at least another month. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the American and Canadian governments are extending restr...
Jun 18, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba RCMP say homicide suspect Eric Wildman arrested in Ontario
Manitoba RCMP say a man wanted for murder in Manitoba has been arrested near Belleville, Ont. A statement from the RCMP says Eric Wildman was taken into custody by the Ontario Provincial Police early ...
Jun 18, 2021

EU envoy: Ethiopian leadership vowed to 'wipe out' Tigrayans
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's leaders in closed-door talks with a European Union special envoy earlier this year said "they are going to wipe out the Tigrayans for 100 years," the envoy said this w...
Jun 18, 2021

Israel to send 1M coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinia...
Jun 18, 2021