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Phones banned from Alberta classrooms starting fall 2024
The Alberta government is banning the use of mobile phones during class time in elementary and high schools as of the fall 2024 term but school boards will have some autonomy over the restrictions.WAT...
Jun 17, 2024
2 of 9 people wounded in Michigan mass shooting at splash pad remain hospitalized, sheriff says
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a suburban Detroit splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition, including an eight-year-old boy who has "made ama...
Jun 17, 2024
Duane Kesler named Whoop-Up Days Parade Marshal
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge & District Exhibition has announced who will be at the helm of this summer's parade.Duane Kesler will serve as the Honourary Parade Marshall. Kesler is a third-gene...
Jun 17, 2024
Sask Party MLAs deflect committee attempt to call witnesses into gun in Legislature
REGINA - Members of the governing Saskatchewan Party are rebuffing an Opposition attempt to call witnesses to answer questions on weapons allegations against a cabinet minister. In a meeting of the Ho...
Jun 17, 2024
Canada's Milos Raonic sets record with 47 aces in three-set match
LONDON - Milos Raonic was at his peak when he reached the Wimbledon final in 2016 before injuries decimated his promising career. On Monday, the 33-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., served notice that he...
Jun 17, 2024
Belgium stunned by Slovakia 1-0 with VAR denying Lukaku twice at Euro 2024
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Two Romelu Lukaku goals were ruled out by video review and Belgium fell to a stunning 1-0 loss to Slovakia in wild Group D at the European Championship on Monday. Slovakia st...
Jun 17, 2024
'Revolutionary youth summer program' gets underway at McGill pro-Palestine encampment
MONTREAL - A so-called "revolutionary" summer school is starting this afternoon at a pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus. The program includes lectures on Palest...
Jun 17, 2024
'Stupid' or 'unethical': Green leader suggests MPs should have asked more questions
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says MPs identified in a secret parliamentary report on foreign interference should have asked more questions when offered help in their nomination races from...
Jun 17, 2024
Work begins to fix problem spots on Calgary water main; restrictions to last weeks
CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says work begins today to fix more problem spots on a major water main. Jyoti Gondek says engineers and hydrologists used a robot last week to complete an inspection of the p...
Jun 17, 2024
Blair defends navy's Cuba visit, says critics may be 'confused' about its purpose
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says he was acting on advice from the military when he approved a plan to send a Canadian ship to Cuba, but he won't say what advice he got. The trip is getting at...
Jun 17, 2024