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Police-reported hate crimes rise in Canada, small increase in Lethbridge
OTTAWA, ON - New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, rel...
Mar 23, 2023
Track bans transgender athletes, tightens rules for Semenya
Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex developmen...
Mar 23, 2023
Track bans transgender athletes, tightens rules for Semenya
Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex developmen...
Mar 23, 2023
Trudeau, Biden could agree to end 'loophole' in Safe Third Country Agreement: source
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States are negotiating a deal that could designate all 8,900 kilometres of their shared border as an official crossing under the Safe Third Country Agreement. A Canadian...
Mar 23, 2023
Pope Francis's tour came with a minimum $55-million price tag for Ottawa
A family member of residential school survivors says the minimum $55-million price tag for the Pope's visit to Canada last year feels like another slap in the face for Indigenous people. "Think of all...
Mar 23, 2023
Blues GM Doug Armstrong to lead Canada at men's world championship
CALGARY - Doug Armstrong has been named Canada's general manager for the upcoming men's world hockey championship in Finland and Latvia. The St. Louis Blues executive was tabbed by Hockey Canada on Th...
Mar 23, 2023
Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine
Track and field leaders signaled Thursday that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues. The World At...
Mar 23, 2023
MPs vote in favour of including invisible disabilities in national housing strategy
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have voted unanimously in favour of urging the government to address the needs of people with invisible disabilities in its national housing strategy. Liberal MP Arielle...
Mar 23, 2023
For Canada-U.S., close personal ties between leaders not necessary — but they help
WASHINGTON - Hollywood has Ben and Jennifer. Music fans have Beyonc and Jay-Z. But in Canadian politics right now, it's all about Justin and Joe. OK, so maybe Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden don't captur...
Mar 23, 2023
Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine
Track and field leaders signaled Thursday that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues. The World At...
Mar 23, 2023