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Government aims to combat hate and all forms of racism
OTTAWA, ON - The federal government has created a new representative position dedicated to combatting Islamophobia. In a June 6, 2022 news release, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahme...
Jun 06, 2022
Lawyers ask Quebec Court of Appeal to shed more light on secret trial
MONTREAL - The province's attorney general, the chief justice of the Quebec court and several media organizations went before the Quebec Court of Appeal today to demand more information about a secret...
Jun 06, 2022
Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S. Ca...
Jun 06, 2022
Israeli coalition suffers loss, faces uncertain prospects
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli government on Monday failed to pass a bill extending legal protections for settlers in the occupied West Bank. The vote marks a major setback for the fragile coalit...
Jun 06, 2022
MLA Neudorf will not run for UCP leadership
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The next leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) will not be from Lethbridge.In a statement on Monday, June 6, 2022, Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf confirmed that he will no...
Jun 06, 2022
Alberta backs Coaldale's push to reduce RCMP costs
COALDALE, AB - The Government of Alberta says it is unfair that Coaldale is the only community of its size in the country that pays for 100% of its policing costs.In May 2022, Coaldale Mayor Jack Van ...
Jun 06, 2022
Driver alleged to have hit 4 in B.C. residential march turns himself in to RCMP
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP say the driver of a truck who allegedly hit four people walking in a residential school march in Mission, B.C., on Saturday has come forward to police. Mounties say in...
Jun 06, 2022
Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic's minister of the environment and natural resources was shot and killed in his office on Monday by a close friend, the office of the pre...
Jun 06, 2022
Taber and the province recognize the contributions of seniors
TABER, AB - The provincial government proclaimed the first full week of June as Seniors' Week in Alberta. "To recognize the importance of this week to seniors and older adults, this year, the Governme...
Jun 06, 2022
Lethbridge records 37 drug overdose deaths in Q1 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge is on pace to beat last year's record-breaking numbers for drug overdose deaths.The Government of Alberta's Substance Use Surveillance System report has been updated to ref...
Jun 06, 2022