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Inflation relief measures should be well-targeted and temporary, says Macklem
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says governments looking to provide inflation relief to Canadians should choose measures that are well-targeted and temporary. At a House of Commons commi...
Nov 23, 2022
Raptors' VanVleet, Barnes sidelined against Brooklyn Nets
TORONTO - The injuries and illnesses continue to mount for the Toronto Raptors. Fred VanVleet was among players listed as out against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday with a non-COVID illness. Also out ...
Nov 23, 2022
B.C. man convicted of killing his four- and six-year-old daughters denied appeal
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia man who killed his two young daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 has been denied an appeal by the province's highest court. Andrew Berry claimed the lower court made nu...
Nov 23, 2022
Feds file judicial review of $40B Indigenous child-welfare settlement
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40-billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child-welfare system, after the Canadian Human Ri...
Nov 23, 2022
Jury finds former PQ legislator Harold LeBel guilty of sexual assault
RIMOUSKI, Que. - Former Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a woman at his residence in 2017. A jury of nine women and three men took two days to...
Nov 23, 2022
Sports-betting marketplace taking notice of Canada at World Cup
TORONTO - Canada's return to the World Cup wasn't a victorious one but it certainly created plenty of action in Ontario's legal sports-betting market. Belgium defeated the Canadians 1-0 on Wednesday i...
Nov 23, 2022
B.C. human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case
VANCOUVER - An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tr...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadian men push Belgium to the limit but lose 1-0 in return to World Cup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar - Canada put on a show in its return to the World Cup after a 36-year absence but failed to convert its chances in a valiant 1-0 loss to Belgium on Wednesday. The 41st-ranked Canadian...
Nov 23, 2022
Lethbridge Mayor to face off in hockey match to benefit local food bank
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Mayor's 2022 Community Hockey Challenge is back for another year. Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen first introduced the challenge last winter to support local food banks ahead of th...
Nov 23, 2022
4.1 magnitude earthquake recorded near Peace River
PEACE RIVER, AB - On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 12:22 a.m., Earthquakes Canada reported seismic activity in northern Alberta.The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 4.1 between Peace Rive...
Nov 23, 2022