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The life and death of HMCS Cormorant—the legendary ship youve never heard of The converted fishing trawler had some wild jobs: seizing drugs abandoned on the ocean floor and salvaging shipwrecks. As it heads to the scrap yard, trailblazing sailors recall its storied past. February 1, 2021 HMCS Cormorant, a retired navy ship, has been listing in Bridgewater, N.S., for over a decade (Andrew Vaughan/CP) A tourist enjoying a sunny summer day in Bridgewater, N.S., might not have looked twice at ...

Posted: Jan 29, 2021 7:00 AM MT | Last Updated: January 29 Clockwise from top left: The Famous Five are Louise McKinney, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, group shot, Irene Parlby and Emily Murphy.(Glenbow Archives) The Alberta government has reinstated a previously cancelled scholarship created to honour a pivotal moment in the advancement of the rights of Canadian women. Last week, the province announced the creation of the Leaders in Equality Award of Distinction or LEAD program, a ne...

Article content The Ministry of Alberta Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women has created a new program Leaders in Equality Award of Distinction (LEAD)  which will support students who are working to reduce gender discrimination in their communities, or who are studying in fields where their gender is traditionally under-represented. The program has two finding streams, the Women in STEM Award, which was previously announced in September 2020, and the Persons Case Scholarship. We apolo...