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High vaccination rates, ongoing measures mean near-normal return to school in B.C.
VICTORIA - Students and parents can expect a near-normal return to school in British Columbia this fall as regular activities like assemblies and field trips are phased in and any transmission of COVI...
Jun 17, 2021
MPs' study of systemic racism in policing concludes RCMP needs new model
OTTAWA - It's time for Canada to have a "reckoning" about the RCMP, says the chair of a House of Commons committee that studied systemic racism in policing. John McKay, a Toronto Liberal MP and chair ...
Jun 17, 2021
'I was taunted and harassed' as a youth, Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal says
OTTAWA - The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination "as a fact of daily life" while growing up. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau n...
Jun 17, 2021
Remove non-consensual content, enforce existing laws: ethics committee on Pornhub
Canadians who have their image posted to Pornhub or other online streaming platforms without their consent should have the right to have it taken down immediately, a parliamentary committee said in a ...
Jun 17, 2021
Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned home to Ivory Coast on Thursday, a decade after his refusal to concede defeat in a presidential election sparked months of violence...
Jun 17, 2021
Commons committee calls for reshaping of EI to cover gig workers, self-employed
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is recommending a boost to the value and duration of employment insurance benefits, and expanding the system to cover gig workers and the self-employed. Its repor...
Jun 17, 2021
UK records over 10,000 virus cases for first time since Feb
LONDON (AP) - The U.K.'s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread o...
Jun 17, 2021
Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda dies at age 97
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zambia's first president and champion of African independence Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97, the country's president Edgar Lungu announced on Facebook Thursday evening...
Jun 17, 2021
Greens' Annamie Paul asks party execs for 'space to unify,' tells PM to 'back off'
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is asking party brass and the prime minister to give her "the space to unify" the party ahead of a general meeting that could serve as a referendum on her leadership...
Jun 17, 2021
Freeze promotions until military commanders are screened for misconduct: Committee
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee has called for a freeze on all promotions and salary increases for the military's top brass until they can be screened for past incidents of inappropriate behaviour....
Jun 17, 2021
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...