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Ottawa sets up secretariat to root out racism in federal institutions, programs
OTTAWA - The federal government is setting up a secretariat to root out systemic racism and discrimination within federal institutions, programs and services. The secretariat is part of a $45-million ...
Jun 27, 2019
Canada urged to take international legal action on Rohingya genocide
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people. Thirty-fo...
Jun 27, 2019
Ford restructuring to cost 12,000 jobs in Europe
FRANKFURT - Carmaker Ford said Thursday it is shedding 12,000 jobs in Europe to increase profitability, part of a global trend of cost cuts by automakers facing shifting consumer tastes and heavy inve...
Jun 27, 2019
Lethbridge County considering allowing off-highway vehicles on county roads
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Officials with Lethbridge county will be giving third and final reading to Bylaw #19-023 at their July 4th council meeting.If adopted, it would allow off-highway vehicles (OHV) to tra...
Jun 27, 2019 ATV - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Licence revoked for doc who used own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
TORONTO - An Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors to artificially inseminate several women caused "irreparable damage" that will span gener...
Jun 27, 2019
Feds sign historic self-government agreements with three Metis nations
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed historic self-government agreements with the Metis nations of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The agreements affirm the Metis right of self-government and...
Jun 27, 2019
Motor vehicle head resigns over fatal crash that killed 7
CONCORD, N.H. - The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcycl...
Jun 27, 2019
Raptors president Ujiri addresses rare off-court issues during NBA title run
TORONTO - Even a championship can come with hiccups. Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri took time Tuesday in his season-ending press conference to talk about the few off-court negatives in an other...
Jun 27, 2019
Justices deal blow to effort to limit partisan districts
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain on Thursday in a ruling that could embolden political line-drawing after the ...
Jun 27, 2019
Slain journalist's fiancee wants Saudis pressured at G-20
GENEVA - The fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi said she hopes Group of 20 leaders put pressure on Saudi Arabia at a summit this week to divulge more information about the killing, ratcheting...
Jun 27, 2019