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Group monitoring RCMP response to mass shooting inquiry needs public's help: chair
HALIFAX - The head of the committee overseeing how governments and the RCMP are responding to the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry says the public will play a key role in ensuring the inquiry's recom...
Sep 28, 2023
U Sports drops first-year grade requirements for participation, scholarships
TORONTO - Canada's governing body of varsity sports is changing its policies to allow students entering universities to be eligible to participate in sports and receive athletic scholarships regardles...
Sep 28, 2023
Judge grants injunction over Saskatchewan's pronoun policy for schools
REGINA - A judge has granted an injunction to halt a Saskatchewan policy that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to go by different names and pronouns at school. The decision by Cou...
Sep 28, 2023
B.C. Rogers technicians give strong strike mandate amid concerns over Shaw job losses
VANCOUVER - Around 300 former Shaw technicians absorbed by Rogers Communications Inc. during the companies' merger have overwhelmingly voted to strike amid concerns over job security following recent ...
Sep 28, 2023
Northvolt to build $7B battery factory near Montreal, includes government money
MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says it will build a $7 billion gigafactory for electric vehicle batteries near Montreal that it claims will represent the largest private investment in Quebe...
Sep 28, 2023
Ex-MPP Randy Hillier's request to move trial away from Ottawa denied
OTTAWA - A judge has denied a second request by former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, who is facing charges related to his participation in the "Freedom Convoy" protest, to move his jury trial away from O...
Sep 28, 2023
Dutch police say 2 people are killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing two people and seriously inju...
Sep 28, 2023
Emails at centre of court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan are under publication ban
OTTAWA - The military judge presiding over the court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan has decided the emails at the centre of the case will not be made public during the trial unless they are allowed...
Sep 28, 2023
Elks quarterback Tre Ford has brought hope back to beleaguered Edmonton fans
He's moved his team into playoff contention - barely - but Tre Ford has provided the Edmonton Elks and their beleaguered fans with something much more tangible: Hope for the future. The six-foot-one, ...
Sep 28, 2023
$13.45 million will build 3 new childcare centres in SD57
PRINCE GEORGE- School District 57 have announced three new 62-space child care centres today. Two centres in Prince George and one in MacKenzie. Each centre will provide space for 12 Children under 36...
Sep 28, 2023