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Reconciliation Day not holiday because Quebec needs more productivity: Legault
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province cannot afford to make the national day honouring victims and survivors of residential schools a statutory holiday. Legault told reporters today the pro...
Sep 30, 2021
Planned recruiting ads aimed at women as military struggles with sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - An expert on sexual misconduct says it would be dishonest for the Department of National Defence to promote the military as a positive place for women to work in a coming campaign after wides...
Sep 30, 2021
'Reconciliation demands honesty and transparency,' says chief of B.C. First Nation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief of British Columbia's Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says Indigenous people have had enough apologies and now want action from the Catholic Church and federal governmen...
Sep 30, 2021
Lethbridge Police make an arrest in a commercial robbery
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Police have a man in custody as the result of the robbery of a northside business Wednesday (Sept. 29) night.Just before 8:30 p.m., police were notified by an employee at a business...
Sep 30, 2021
Metis National Council elects first new president in 18 years
SASKATOON - The Metis National Council has elected its first new leader in nearly two decades. Cassidy Caron, who previously served as youth minister with Metis Nation of B.C., became the first woman ...
Sep 30, 2021
Lethbridge Police need information in missing person case
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - LPS needs the public's help in the search for a local missing 48-year old woman.Helen Purkins is five-foot-two, 140 pounds, with a fair complexion, brown eyes and hair, pierced ears ...
Sep 30, 2021
Canada's top court to rule on Ontario's move to slash Toronto city council
TORONTO - Canada's top court is expected to rule Friday on whether Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to slash the size of Toronto's city council during the last municipal election was constitutiona...
Sep 30, 2021
'Ready to respond': Ottawa reiterates COVID-19 support for Saskatchewan
REGINA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to provide any supports necessary to help Saskatchewan with its COVID-19 crisis. In a conversation with Premier Scott Moe yesterday, the Prime Minis...
Sep 30, 2021
Families of Canadians trapped in Syria turn to Federal Court to force government help
OTTAWA - The families of Canadians trapped in northern Syria are asking the Federal Court to force Ottawa to help them. The 11 families say in a court filing that the government's refusal to step in a...
Sep 30, 2021
One bath a week: ombudswoman says Quebec home care has been insufficient for years
Quebec's ombudswoman says there are some home care providers in the province that only offer one bath per week for seniors who do not have skin conditions. Marie Rinfret released her annual report tod...
Sep 30, 2021