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More than 100 LGBTQ candidates compete in Mexican election
MEXICO CITY (AP) - For years, transgender activist Roshell Terranova protested in the streets and knocked on the doors of Mexico's Congress to make the demands of the country's LGBTQ community known. ...
Jun 02, 2021
Liberal minister calls on O'Toole to not allow free vote on his MP's abortion bill
OTTAWA - Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef is calling out Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole for allowing a bill on abortion from one of his members to move ahead. Parliamentarians are expected to ...
Jun 02, 2021
Ethics commissioner calls for suspension of Quebec economy minister over conflict
Quebec's ethics commissioner is recommending that Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon be suspended from the provincial legislature over an ongoing conflict of interest. Ariane Mignolet says in a report...
Jun 02, 2021
Saamis Tepee will be lit orange for 215 hours
MEDICINE HAT, AB- To honour the 215 children whose lives were taken at a Kamloops residential school, the City of Medicine Hat will light its iconic landmark orange.Starting today and for the next 215...
Jun 02, 2021
Victims of military sexual trauma turned away from peer-support programs: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman says a recent investigation by her office has found victims of military sexual misconduct are being referred away from existing peer-support programs for service m...
Jun 02, 2021
Group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide
MEDICINE HAT, AB- An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide.Medicine...
Jun 02, 2021
Indigenous Services minister wants Pope to apologize for Canada's residential schools
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Pope needs to issue an apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system. A papal apology was one of the ...
Jun 02, 2021
Joyce Echaquan coroner's inquiry comes to an end, community to march in her honour
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - The inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan has begun its last day of hearings, with lawyers making their final pleas to coroner Ghane Kamel. Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw m...
Jun 02, 2021
Survivor says treatment at former residential schools cannot be “swept under the rug”
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Reaction continues to pour in from across the country following the discovery of 215 child graves at the former residential school in Kamloops late last month.READ MORE: "Unthinkable"...
Jun 02, 2021
Group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide
OTTAWA - An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat fir...
Jun 02, 2021