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Canada joins U.S., others in call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ to allow more aid into Gaza

(Editor’s note: Following is the second in a three-part series on the great 1967-68 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, about which members of that team reminisced in an on-campus panel

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The Alberta politician is a contender to lead the country, but he may not be interested in courting the centre

Author of the article: Lisa Johnson Publishing date: May 05, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Alberta Education officials faced a litany of critical questions about a lack of Indigenous content from parents and members of the public during the provinces first virtual town hall on the provinces draft K-6 curriculum Wednesday Photo by Ed Kaiser /20091647A Article content Alberta Education officials faced a litany of critical questions about a lack of Indigenous content...

Changes for K-4 include the suggestion that five- and six-year-olds in Grade 1 should be familiar with the artwork of Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso and Edgar Degas. While you’re preparing yourself for dinner conversations with your kids, make sure you have some knowledge of names, dates, places and influences of France’s “Belle Epoque” lest your Grade 1 offspring write you off as an unenlightened philistine. You may have travelled to Paris or Santa Fe New Mexico and...

The problem with jazz Poll Do you agree with police and health authorities shutting down, fencing off Grace Life Church near Edmonton? Yes Truthfully there is no problem with jazz. Like it or not, jazz music has a long and rich legacy that tells the story of African pain being transformed into the majesty of the spirit expressed through sound. But you wouldn’t know that from the new curriculum proposed for Alberta’s elementary school students, whose music studies include the statement that ...

To the Editor: As everyone knows, this was a year unlike any other. The pandemic caused so many changes in our usual way of doing things. There was no exception for Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens. We were truly challenged with providing Christmas for the families as well as keeping everyone safe. We were blessed with many helping hands and constructive ways of delivering. On behalf of the Board of Directors of Rightstart, Inc., Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens programs, we...