Chevi Rabbitt to share mental health story in national campaign
Local diversity advocate Chevi Rabbitt will share her own mental health and addictions story in a new national campaign highlighting issues in Indigenous communities.

Local diversity advocate Chevi Rabbitt will share her own mental health and addictions story in a new national campaign highlighting issues in Indigenous communities.
British Columbia suffered another eight deaths related to COVID-19 over the weekend, and one of the victims was under the age of two.
Six people in Vaughan, Ont. were injected with saline when they were supposed to be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, health officials say.
The federal budget is promising billions to close gaps in long-term care and Canada's vaccine production laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The risk of surface transmission of COVID-19 is low, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. Far more important is airborne transmission -- and people who obsessively disinfect surfaces may be doing more harm than good.
Canadians are being reminded by experts not to question others on how they were eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccine as they may have underlying health conditions they want to keep private.
With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.
The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.
As millions of Canadians prepare to file their taxes this spring following an unusual year, it’s proving to be a trickier tax season than normal.
Connor McDavid scored the winner late in the third period as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in a physical affair Monday.
Alberta reported a positivity rate of 11 per cent on Monday after another 1,391 people tested positive for COVID-19.
For the first time since 1997, Edmontonians will enjoy a property tax freeze.
Greenhouse owners in the Edmonton area are encouraging the public to purchase their bedding plants early this season due to a potential shortage in stock.
The federal government is unveiling $101.4 billion in new spending, aimed at both supporting the country through the third COVID-19 wave, and stimulating the economic recovery post-pandemic, in a historic budget presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Chris Sadleir is getting ready to walk from Lethbridge to his hometown of Edmonton to raise money and awareness in support of the Lung Association of Alberta and Northwest Territories.
The Western Hockey League (WHL) season will finish with the end of the regular season schedule, the league announced Monday.
More than 500,000 additional Albertans will be eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday as the province is lowering the benchmark age to qualify for the AstraZeneca vaccine from 55 to 40 years old.
Alberta post-secondary students say the new federal budget will help student affordability and recent graduates navigate a rocky job market.
The federal government is unveiling $101.4 billion in new spending, aimed at both supporting the country through the third COVID-19 wave, and stimulating the economic recovery post-pandemic, in a historic budget presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
The federal government unveiled its long-awaited spring budget on Monday, with a focus on navigating taxpayers out of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and embarking on the long road to economic recovery, with specific attention paid to the most vulnerable.
In the federal government’s first budget since the start of the pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a plan for $101.4 billion in new spending aimed at getting Canadian businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulating the economy afterwards.
The federal budget proposes a new tax on luxury goods such as yachts, personal aircraft and cars. The tax would be applied to cars and personal aircraft that retail over $100,000; and boats for personal use that retail over $250,000.
Reading the federal budget spending spree as it scrolls on for 720-plus pages, a certain numbness takes hold, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Joyce Napier has the details on the big promises and the big price tag in the federal government's first budget in two years.
Ontario has walked back new pandemic police powers and playground restrictions following public backlash.
A dozen elite European football clubs' proposed breakaway league has sparked controversy and condemnation.
A UBC student is speaking out after she returned from a day of skiing to find her vehicle had been keyed.
NASA's experimental Mars helicopter achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
There are only a handful of cases known worldwide of fraternal twins being conceived at different times.
A statue of Fred Sasakamoose will soon be displayed in Saskatoon.
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