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Buttigieg says Biden plan will usher new transportation era
WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that an infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a "once in a century" opportunity to remake transportat...
Mar 18, 2021
Tsilhqot'in call on B.C., Canada to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction amid COVID-19
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory is calling on the provincial and federal governments to recognize its inhe...
Mar 18, 2021
Feds ask for independent review of documents for St. Anne's residential school claims
Ottawa is requesting an independent review of thousands of documents detailing sexual and physical abuse of Indigenous children at St. Anne's residential school.Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Car...
Mar 18, 2021
Toronto FC, Argos president Bill Manning rewarded with five-year contract extension
TORONTO - Bill Manning, president of both Toronto FC and the Toronto Argonauts, has been rewarded with a five-year contract extension that runs through the 2025 Major League Soccer and Canadian Footba...
Mar 18, 2021
Kerri Einarson, Brad Gushue win opener at Canadian mixed doubles curling championship
CALGARY - Canadian women's champion skip Kerri Einarson is off to a winning start at the Home Hardware national mixed doubles curling championship. The Gimli, Man., curler and partner Brad Gushue of S...
Mar 18, 2021
CP NewsAlert: B.C. front-line workers to be eligible for vaccine in weeks
VICTORIA - More than 300,000 front-line workers in British Columbia will now be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks. The government says grocery workers, police, firefighters, teach...
Mar 18, 2021
Two from Lethbridge charged after stolen property, vehicles recovered
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge Police have charged two people and recovered stolen property worth about $120,000.Property seized included six vehicles and weapons after arrests were made in Granum Tuesday...
Mar 18, 2021
Conservatives kick off their virtual policy convention online
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives have kicked off a historic policy convention - not with balloons or rousing cheers, but with instructions on how to click the right links.The COVID-19 pandemic has f...
Mar 18, 2021
"Niitsitapi Strategy" launched by Lethbridge College
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge College has launched its newly-developed institutional "Niitsitapi strategy."This strategy will help the college implement its commitment to truth and reconciliation.They ho...
Mar 18, 2021
U.S. working on plan to 'lend' doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The White House says it is working on a plan to lend 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Canada and an additional 2.5 million doses to Mexico. Press sec...
Mar 18, 2021