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CONTEST: Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘Doulce Mémoire: Now, Let Us Dance!’
The Tyee

CONTEST: Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘Doulce Mémoire: Now, Let Us Dance!’

Enter for a chance to experience the music and dances of Renaissance France.

16 hours ago

Ashlee Shingoose, victim of Winnipeg serial killer, remembered as quiet and caring daughter
The Globe and Mail

Ashlee Shingoose, victim of Winnipeg serial killer, remembered as quiet and caring daughter

Ashlee Shingoose’s parents remember their quiet and caring daughter moving to Winnipeg from their northern Manitoba home in St. Theresa Point First Nation nearly a decade ago. She wanted to make a b ...
More ...Theresa Shingoose, mother of Ashlee Shingoose who has been identified as the fourth victim of a serial killer, is comforted by Thelma Morriseau as husband Albert looks on at an Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs news conference in Winnipeg, on March 27.

Ashlee Shingoose’s parents remember their quiet and caring daughter moving to Winnipeg from their northern Manitoba home in St. Theresa Point First Nation nearly a decade ago. She wanted to make a better life for herself and her three children.

When she went missing in 2022, within months, her family was certain that she was one of four women murdered and disposed of in landfills by a serial killer in the city.

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Prince George Citizen

Michkov leads Flyers past Canadiens 6-4 in first game after Tortorella's firing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers got off to fast start in their first game after coach John Tortorella's morning firing , beating the Montre ...
More ...PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers got off to fast start in their first game after coach John Tortorella's morning firing , beating the Montreal Canadiens 6-4 on Thursday night.

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Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens fall in critical 6-4 loss to Philadelphia Flyers
Global Montréal

Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens fall in critical 6-4 loss to Philadelphia Flyers

The Montreal Canadiens faced a hungrier club than they were expecting in the Flyers, and they weren't ready for it. Brian Wilde has more.

35 minutes ago

Unruly patient restricted from visiting hospital
Prince George Citizen

Unruly patient restricted from visiting hospital

She was sentenced after making racial comments and attacking cars with her cane

37 minutes ago

Winnipeg Free Press

Trash fees, sewer rates to soar under council-approved plan

Winnipeggers will soon pay much more to get their trash picked up and flush their toilets, after several hundreds of dollars in new fees were approved Thursday evening. City council […]

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Prince George Citizen

Jarrett Allen's 29 points, Donovan Mitchell's 14 assists lift Cavaliers to 124-116 win over Spurs

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jarrett Allen scored a season-high 29 points, Donovan Mitchell had a career-high 14 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers looked more comfortable back home, holding off the San Antoni ...
More ...CLEVELAND (AP) — Jarrett Allen scored a season-high 29 points, Donovan Mitchell had a career-high 14 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers looked more comfortable back home, holding off the San Antonio Spurs 124-116 on Thursday night.

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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with
Prince George Citizen

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “ ...
More ...WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology," the late

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Prince George Citizen

Arenado homers and Gray pitches Cardinals past Twins 5-3 in rain-delayed opener

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lars Nootbaar homered and Sonny Gray pitched five solid innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in their rain-delayed opener Thursday.

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Homelessness crisis will get worse, advocates say, amid changes at Kelowna’s tent city
Global News

Homelessness crisis will get worse, advocates say, amid changes at Kelowna’s tent city

The city-designated outdoor sheltering site, north of the downtown core, will soon take up a smaller footprint with fewer residents and shorter operating hours.

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A personal look at medical assistance in dying
The Flatlander

A personal look at medical assistance in dying

On June 17, 2016, medical assistance in dying (MAID) became a legal option in Canada for the first time. This milestone was realized more than 20 years after Sue Rodrigues, a B.C. woman living with AL ...
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On June 17, 2016, medical assistance in dying (MAID) became a legal option in Canada for the first time. This milestone was realized more than 20 years after Sue Rodrigues, a B.C. woman living with ALS, challenged Canada’s Criminal Code prohibition on assisted suicide under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Since that time, individuals […]

53 minutes ago

Prince Albert Daily Herald

PAPS officer find body of 39-year-old woman during patrol, death not considered suspicious

Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) investigators say the death of a 39-year-old Prince Albert woman is not considered to be suspicious. Officers found the woman unconscious and not breathing while co ...
More ...Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) investigators say the death of a 39-year-old Prince Albert woman is not considered to be suspicious. Officers found the woman unconscious and not breathing while conducting routine patrols in the downtown business district at around 6:30 a.m. on March 27. Parkland Ambulance paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene. […]

59 minutes ago

CBC Toronto

Charges dropped for 3 more people accused in Indigo bookstore vandalism: lawyer

A Toronto lawyer says charges have been withdrawn against three more people accused of defacing a downtown Indigo bookstore in a 2023 protest. ...
More ...A woman walks past the display window of an Indigo book store.

A Toronto lawyer says charges have been withdrawn against three more people accused of defacing a downtown Indigo bookstore in a 2023 protest.

1 hour ago

Village Report

Feds invest to support inclusive tourism in northern Ontario

‘It’s a vast range of programs targeting different areas, so we are here for the community, but also to support allies on their way to be more inclusive,’ project coordinator said

1 hour ago

Prince Albert Daily Herald

Raiders draw Oil Kings in first round of playoffs

For the first time since 2019, the Prince Albert Raiders will take on the Edmonton Oil Kings in a playoff series. Prince Albert (39-23-5-1) finished atop the East Division standings and will take on t ...
More ...For the first time since 2019, the Prince Albert Raiders will take on the Edmonton Oil Kings in a playoff series. Prince Albert (39-23-5-1) finished atop the East Division standings and will take on the Edmonton Oil Kings (37-27-2-2) in the first round of the 2025 WHL Playoffs. Edmonton finished fourth in the Central Division […]

1 hour ago

Village Report

UofT hires three prominent Yale professors worried about Trump

Fascism scholar Jason Stanley and historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second Trump administration

1 hour ago

Cam Smith delivers donuts and key hit for Houston Astros in MLB debut
Prince George Citizen

Cam Smith delivers donuts and key hit for Houston Astros in MLB debut

HOUSTON (AP) — Cam Smith brought three dozen Shipley's glazed donuts to his Houston Astros teammates Thursday morning before his major league debut.

1 hour ago

Winnipeg Free Press

Neo Financial axes dozen Winnipeg jobs, shifts positions to Calgary

An online banking firm once deemed a “unicorn” in the tech world has axed its Winnipeg engineering department. Twelve employees were let go Thursday by Neo Financial; the business has [ ...
More ...An online banking firm once deemed a “unicorn” in the tech world has axed its Winnipeg engineering department. Twelve employees were let go Thursday by Neo Financial; the business has […]

1 hour ago

Stanford and 3 U of California campuses face probes as part of Trump
Toronto Star

Stanford and 3 U of California campuses face probes as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

The Trump administration has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC ...
More ...The Trump administration has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine, the Department of Justice said Thursday.

1 hour ago

New Brunswick launches second probe into mystery brain symptoms
The Globe and Mail

New Brunswick launches second probe into mystery brain symptoms

New Brunswick has started combing through the files of hundreds of patients suffering from undiagnosed neurological symptoms to find out whether something in the environment may be triggering their ai ...
More ...A JD Irving forestry sign on the highway near Sackville, NB, on the outskirts of the Greater Moncton Area, one of the geographic 'clusters'  linked to mysterious neurological symptoms experienced by hundreds of people in the province.

New Brunswick has started combing through the files of hundreds of patients suffering from undiagnosed neurological symptoms to find out whether something in the environment may be triggering their ailments.

After months of inaction and finger pointing over paperwork delays, New Brunswick Chief Medical Officer Yves Léger said the province has enough information to launch the review of files from Alier Marrero, the neurologist who has been raising alarm about elevated levels of heavy metals and pesticides in test results of the patients.

1 hour ago

Social media trends are driving Indonesia
Toronto Star

Social media trends are driving Indonesia's patchouli oil industry. The cost? Deforestation

SIMBORO, Indonesia (AP) — Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried patchouli plants, stoking the boiler with firew ...
More ...SIMBORO, Indonesia (AP) — Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried patchouli plants, stoking the boiler with firewood, drops of fragrant patchouli oil trickling into plastic bottles.

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