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Theatre Outré reflects on 10 years of boundary-pushing performances in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trailblazing theatre company in Lethbridge has been bringing queer voices to centre stage for the past decade. Theatre Outr is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2023 and plans ...
Mar 29, 2023
N.W.T. releases strategy to reduce alcohol-related harms
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government has released its first strategy aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms. It details 15 actions the territory plans to take by the end of March 2028 t...
Mar 29, 2023
Impressive 2022 takes Canada's Monet Chun to Augusta Women's National Amateur
An impressive season of amateur golf has taken Canada's Monet Chun to one of the most storied courses in the world. Chun, from Richmond Hill, Ont., teed off at the Augusta National Women's Amateur on ...
Mar 29, 2023
Edmonton police say more people interested in joining force after deaths of officers
EDMONTON, AB - A senior officer says more people are interested in joining the Edmonton Police Service after two constables were killed responding to a call on March 16, 2023.Acting Deputy Chief Kelli...
Mar 29, 2023
OHL found no evidence of tampering with draft, commissioner says
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League confirmed Wednesday the league conducted an independent third-party investigation to probe allegations of parents paying for their sons to be selected in the 2022 O...
Mar 29, 2023
Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma. She says...
Mar 29, 2023
Young Canadian midfielder Ismael Kone turns heads with club and country
TORONTO - Just 20, Ismael Kone is making his mark with club and country. Kone showed off his speed and power Tuesday in a head-turning outing in the Canadian midfield with Stephen Eustaquio and Jonath...
Mar 29, 2023
Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information
OTTAWA - Canadian supporters of Dong Guangping, a missing Chinese human-rights defender, are disappointed with what they call a disingenuous response from Vietnamese officials to the United Nations. T...
Mar 29, 2023
Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023
OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to ...
Mar 29, 2023
$3.8 million announced for agricultural research projects in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Agricultural researchers in Lethbridge are receiving funding for a wide array of projects.The Agricultural Funding Consortium (AFC) has announced a total of $11.49 million in funding ...
Mar 29, 2023