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Parti Québécois still refusing oath of office to King as Quebec legislature resumes
QUEBEC - The three recently elected members of the Parti Qubcois found themselves on the outside looking in today as Quebec's legislature reopened without them. The PQ members have refused to swear th...
Nov 29, 2022
Alberta man charged with importing 53 kg of cocaine into Canada at Coutts
COUTTS, AB - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it caught a man who was allegedly trying to import millions of dollars worth of drugs into the country.On Monday, November 21, 2022, the CBSA...
Nov 29, 2022
Alberta MLA Thomas Dang sentenced for hacking COVID-19 vaccine portal
EDMONTON, AB - An Alberta legislature member who admitted to hacking the province's COVID-19 vaccine records portal has been ordered to pay a $7,200 fine.Judge Michelle Doyle sentenced Thomas Dang in ...
Nov 29, 2022
Quebec appeal court orders new trial for man who fatally stabbed store clerk in 2016
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court has ordered a new trial for a Quebec man convicted in 2017 of stabbing to death a supermarket clerk. The Court of Appeal ruled Monday that the trial judge's final ins...
Nov 29, 2022
First Nation works with environmental group to help in residential school searches
WINNIPEG - A First Nation in Ontario is working with a Winnipeg environmental assessment firm to help communities investigate sites of former residential schools with an Indigenous-led approach. Missa...
Nov 29, 2022
Bank of Canada lost $522 million in third quarter, marking first loss in its history
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada lost $522 million in the third quarter of this year, marking the first loss in its 87-year history. In the central bank's latest quarterly financial report, it says revenue...
Nov 29, 2022
University of Lethbridge to battle student food insecurity on Giving Tuesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Giving Tuesday is a national generosity movement that has been taking place on November 29 since 2012.Each year, thousands of people make big or small contributions to strangers, non-...
Nov 29, 2022
Kainai actor on challenge of portraying an Indigenous cop on 'Three Pines'
TORONTO, ON - Prime Video's book-to-screen adaptation of Louise Penny's beloved Quebec-set detective novels does more than just update the source material, it spotlights Indigenous stories in a whole ...
Nov 29, 2022
Proposed language law changes pose more 'barriers' for Indigenous people, AFN says
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says proposed changes to the Official Languages Act are likely to create "barriers" for Indigenous people hoping to work in federal institutions and advance to h...
Nov 29, 2022
Feds launching task force to reform public-service whistleblowing law
OTTAWA - The federal government is launching an external review of the legislation that governs whistleblower protection in the public service. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is asking a nine-m...
Nov 29, 2022