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A $25,000 feasibility study scheduled for completion in the spring might provide a solution for Swan Lake’s low water levels, and lead to reinvigorated traditional use as well as recreational-use development.

Laughs and conversation accompany lazy stitches and two-needle stitches, followed by long periods of silent, focused beading. Six women — with others dropping in, and coming and going — sit at a large table at the Women’s Resource Centre.

International Women’s Day is just around the corner. The global celebration is intended to recognize the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

Viola Eastman and Jennifer Bone have several common threads running through their lives. Both are chiefs of their Dakota nations — Eastman at Canupawakpa and Bone at Sioux Valley. Both had fathers who were chiefs. Both are mothers.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 9. What we are watching in Canada ...

CREMONA, Alta. — Richard Reid never forgot his first love. Growing up on a farm near Cremona, Alta., about 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary, he was obsessed with airplanes as a kid and became a fully licensed pilot by the time he was 17.

EDMONTON — Alberta announced its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus Sunday, along with more presumptive cases, officially making it the fourth province to be dealing with COVID-19. Dr.

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:45 p.m. Local health officials are reporting another case of the new coronavirus in the Greater Toronto Area.

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling for spending cuts and waste reduction in the coming budget to unleash the economy and create jobs.

VICTORIA — At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr.