Category Archives: Prairies/BC
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...
AstraZeneca second dose ‘good choice’ despite federal guidance: B.C.’s top doctor
VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor says there is no wrong choice for a second COVID-19 vaccine dose despite recommendations from a federal panel that those who first got Oxford-AstraZeneca should choose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for a second sho...
Rule changes allow for delivery of non-medical marijuana in British Columbia
VICTORIA — British Columbia's legal cannabis operators will be allowed to deliver directly to buyers starting on July 15. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the government wants to shrink the illegal market and allowing delivery to consumers i...
Alberta confirms two patient deaths from COVID-19 Delta variant at Calgary hospital
EDMONTON — A health spokesman says two patients at Calgary’s Foothills hospital have died from the Delta variant of COVID-19 — and one had been fully immunized. Kerry Williamson with Alberta Health Services says the two patients, a man and a
Elections BC approves petition towards referendum vote on Surrey policing choice
SURREY, B.C. — Elections BC has approved a petition launched by the widow of a murder victim that could set off a binding referendum over policing in Surrey, B.C. Darlene Bennett, with the group Surrey Police Vote, launched the campaign over
