Owner of Montreal jewelry store fights back after thieves crash car through shop in brazen robbery

WARNING: This story contains footage of a violent robbery. Just days after Gaganjeet Singh urged Montreal police to step up patrols on de Liège Street, where his jewelry store is located, his worst fears came true. Around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, a car plowed into Famous Jewellers in Montreal’s Parc-Extension neighbourhood and a group of thieves made off with hundreds of…

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New Kehewin language program opens to help preserve Plains Cree language

A new First Nations immersive language program inspired is looking to help preserve Plains Cree, a dialect of the Cree language. The program, called a “language nest,” is a non-classroom space for fluent Plains Cree speaking elders and knowledge keepers from the local community to interact with and help children learn the language in their formative years….

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Alberta says ‘modernized’ coal policy coming by late 2025

The Alberta government says it is developing rules that will shape the future of coal mining in the province, but certain notable projects remain exempt from the new plan. In 2020, the province moved to scrap a 1976 policy that limited coal development in the Eastern Slopes region. That decision opened previously off-limits areas to potential development and led…

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