Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Alberta COVID-19 lottery adds hundreds of Stampede tickets, giveaways
EDMONTON — Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine lottery offering million-dollar cash awards and trips to Cancun is adding the Calgary Stampede to its stable of prizes. More than 70 per cent of Albertans have received at least one vaccine dose, but Premier Jason
Horgan marks Indigenous Peoples Day by urging recognition of systemic racism
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan is marking National Indigenous Peoples Day by celebrating First Nation communities while recognizing systemic racism continues to be a reality for them. A statement from Horgan and Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation ...
Saskatchewan announces all COVID-19 public health measures will end July 11
REGINA — Saskatchewan will be lifting all remaining public health measures meant to protect against COVID-19 as of July 11. Premier Scott Moe says the province can move to Step 3 of its pandemic reopening plan since Saskatchewan is so close
Saskatchewan announces all COVID-19 public health measures will end July 11
REGINA — Saskatchewan will lift all remaining public health measures meant to protect against COVID-19 as of July 11, making it the second province to do so, behind only Alberta. The province can move to Step 3 of its pandemic reopening
Alberta city cancels Canada Day fireworks at site of former residential school
ST. ALBERT, Alta. — A city northwest of Edmonton says it has cancelled its Canada Day fireworks display because it was to be held on the site of a former residential school. The City of St. Albert says in a news
Lower Post postpones school demolition ceremony after animal remains found
LOWER POST, B.C. — A ceremony to mark the demolition of a former residential school building in a British Columbia First Nation community has been postponed after animal remains were found by construction workers. The ceremony in the tiny community of
Reconciliation agreement reached between British Columbia and Heiltsuk Nation
BELLA BELLA, B.C. — The B.C. government has signed a reconciliation agreement with the Heiltsuk Nation aimed at offering support for housing, language and economic development. The $22.3-million agreement also provides a foundation for the implementati...
Saskatchewan to provide $2M for residential school research; survivors to have input
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is providing $2 million for research into undocumented deaths and burials on residential school sites in the province. Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which is to receive the m...
Updated tailings code after Mount Polley an improvement: B.C. mines auditor
VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief auditor of mines has found changes to the province's requirements for tailings storage facilities made after the Mount Polley disaster have generally improved the management of mining waste. Many of the revisions mad...
COVID-19 numbers still too high for Manitoba’s reopening plan, some doctors say
WINNIPEG — Some Manitoba doctors are urging the provincial government to back off its plan to reopen the economy July 1 until COVID-19 numbers drop much further. A group of 11 physicians specializing in public health, infectious disease and other areas...
