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Theatre NorthWest Pride Stage Readings return
PRINCE GEORGE-Theatre NorthWest is set to hold its second season of Pride Stage Readings."This is something that sprang out of the pandemic," says Marnie Hamagami, Artistic Producer of Theatre NorthWe...
May 30, 2022
All in the family: Team Fernandez no longer just a party of two
PARIS - Can Canadian Leylah Fernandez win Roland Garros? "I hope so! But that victory is far away. I just want to appreciate this win, and concentrate on my next match," the 19-year-old from Montreal ...
May 30, 2022
B.C. starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures
BURNABY, B.C. - Premier John Horgan announced the start of a long-awaited hospital upgrade project in Metro Vancouver while acknowledging some hospitals in rural British Columbia are facing temporary ...
May 30, 2022
Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking
WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...
May 30, 2022
Budget Consultations for 2023 are now open
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services' Budget 2023 consultation is now open. Every year, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services ...
May 30, 2022
Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park
OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...
May 30, 2022
Steve CashSteve Cash headlines list of inductees to Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Steve Cash, a two-time NBA MVP and voted one of the league's 75 greatest players of all time, is among a group of seven who will be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Nash w...
May 30, 2022
Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death
MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...
May 30, 2022
Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist. Con...
May 30, 2022
Hockey Canada names team for delayed women's world under-18 hockey championship
CALGARY - Canada's under-18 women's hockey team for the world championship was announced for the second time in less than five months Monday. The three goaltenders, seven defenders and 13 forwards cho...
May 30, 2022