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Alberta ministers travel to South Korea to promote responsible energy initiatives
Ministers Brian Jean and Rajan Sawhney are currently in South Korea with the goal of promoting economic opportunities in Alberta's energy industry. The provincial government says the mission to the Re...
Feb 27, 2023

Osoyoos, B.C., site of first Indigenous golf tournament in the province
VICTORIA - First Nations, Mtis and Inuit golfers will have a chance to compete in the inaugural Indigenous Championship British Columbia set for this May. The tournament is a partnership with the Offi...
Feb 27, 2023

Emergency health care wait times falling in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new report from the Government of Alberta shows that it is taking less time for Albertans to access urgent health care.The province launched its Health Care Action Plan (HCAP) on No...
Feb 27, 2023

Nunavut awaiting updated offer before signing onto federal health-care deal
YELLOWKNIFE - As provinces begin signing health-care funding agreements with the federal government, territories say further negotiations are needed to address challenges in the North. The federal gov...
Feb 27, 2023

Indigenous chiefs across Canada laud the pending approval of $2.8B settlement deal
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders are voicing their formal support in Federal Court for a $2.8-billion settlement agreement to a class-action residential schools lawsuit. Former Tk'emlups te Secwepemc...
Feb 27, 2023

Studious raccoon shuts down South Kelowna, B.C., elementary school for the day
KELOWNA, B.C. - Some students at South Kelowna Elementary School in British Columbia got a surprise day off after a raccoon broke in and got comfortable in the building's ceiling. A statement from Cen...
Feb 27, 2023

UPDATE: Lethbridge Police locate suspect in connection to hotel fire on Mayor Magrath
UPDATE: February 28 @ 9:40 a.m.LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) confirmed on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 that Kerissa Rikki Tyrell Plume has been located. Police thank the public fo...
Feb 27, 2023

Niederreiter arrives as Jets struggle to stay in the playoff picture
WINNIPEG - Nino Niederreiter was heading back to a hotel after a practice with the Nashville Predators on Saturday when he got called to the front of the team bus. The veteran forward was given the ne...
Feb 27, 2023

Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
PARIS (AP) - World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbapp again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday. The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straig...
Feb 27, 2023

Buyers? Sellers? Neither? Senators' trade deadline strategy still unclear
OTTAWA - For the first time in six years, the Ottawa Senators are playing meaningful games as the trade deadline approaches. It's exactly what the Senators wanted, but it makes for an interesting situ...
Feb 27, 2023