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The Okotoks Oilers were edged out 2-0 by the league-leading Brooks Bandits last night (Nov. 8), and then they followed it up with a 3-2 win over the West Kelowna Warriors in their first-ever meeting for their BCHL weekend games.

Applause erupted over and over at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg Sunday as the son of Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, spoke about his father.

Niigaan Sinclair said his dad "was a first" in every room he walked into.

"It was impossible to go through a mall without 17 people, two of them he'd sentenced to jail at one point, coming up to him and saying how much they appreciated him," Niigaan Sinclair said.

The Town of High River has announced closures coming during the day to remember those who fought for our freedom.

The regularly scheduled Town Council meeting will be moved to Tuesday (Nov. 12) which will also see all of the town offices and facilities including Bob Snodgrass Recreational Complex and the Recycling Centre.

In addition, Town Hall, FCSS Resource Centre, Public Works, Fire Administration, RCMP Administration, and the Greater Foothills Family Centre will be closed.

As always, the High River Library will also be closed on Monday.

With Remembrance Day coming up on Monday, there will be several Okotoks town facilities that will be closed for the day.

The Municipal Centre, Operations Centre, Fire Station No. 1, RCMP/Municipal Enforcement, Okotoks Eco Centre, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks Museum & Archives, Okotoks Public Library, and the Okotoks Family Resources Centre will all be closed for Remembrance Day on Monday, November 11.

The Okotoks Food Bank will also be closed on Monday, so anyone who needs to grab food from them, should head down there sooner rather than later.

A labour dispute continues to paralyze cargo shipping at British Columbia ports, and the union for locked-out workers is accusing employers of abruptly ending contract talks early.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Local 514 says the BC Maritime Employers Association ended federally mandated talks with a mediator less than an hour after they began late Saturday afternoon.

The employers association said in an evening statement each side met separately with a mediator in Vancouver, but that there was "no progress made."

British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C. 

A statement from the office of the provincial health officer says a teenager in the region covered by Fraser Health tested positive for bird flu, and the teen is currently getting treatment at BC Children's Hospital. 

The statement says the positive test was done by the BC Centre for Disease Control, and samples are on their way to Winnipeg's national microbiology lab for confirmatory testing.

For the first time in franchise history, the Cavalry FC hoisted the Canadian Premier League Championship by dethroning Forge FC 2-1 today (Nov. 9) at ATCO Field.

Contract negotiations resume today in Vancouver in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday. 

The BC Maritime Employers Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 are scheduled to meet for the next three days in mediated talks to try to break a deadlock in negotiations.

The union, which represents more than 700 longshore supervisors at ports, including Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Nanaimo, has been without a contract since March last year. 

The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans' fund, and will hopefully expand its donor base in the digital world. 

Since the Oct. 25 launch of its Amazon.ca storefront, the legion says it has received nearly 10,000 orders for poppies. 

Online shoppers can order lapel poppies on Amazon in exchange for donations or buy items such as "We Remember" lawn signs, Remembrance Day pins and other accessories, with all proceeds going to the legion's Poppy Trust Fund for Canadian veterans and their families. 

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

A dancer with Slice of Bollywood By Shikha wears a peacock feather and floral jewelry in her hair as she waits to perform at the Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas on the Hill celebration in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang