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Events mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989
By Sidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL - Polytechnique Montral and others across the country will pay tribute today to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-fe...
Dec 06, 2025 The tower of the University de Montreal is reflected in the school's memorial plaque that names the 14 victims on the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students Friday, December 6, 2019 in Montreal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz)
Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
OTTAWA - Prominent Russian democracy activists are urging Ottawa to resettle dozens of their peers who tried to claim asylum in the U.S. and now face deportation and imprisonment in Russia. The activi...
Dec 06, 2025
Eby says DRIPA law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
SURREY - First Nations are celebrating a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling which found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime...
Dec 05, 2025
Mayors urge Ontario to declare state of emergency to address homelessness, addiction
TORONTO - The mayors of Ontario's 29 largest cities are calling on the province to declare a state of emergency as municipalities deal with what they call a "community safety and humanitarian crisis" ...
Dec 05, 2025
First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed
OTTAWA - The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency. The large military procurements include Canada's next fleet of submarines, Ar...
Dec 05, 2025
Canada drops terror sanctions on Syria and its interim government
OTTAWA - Canada is dropping its terror listing for the group that has governed Syria since the ouster of dictator Bashar Assad one year ago. Syria is no longer listed as a state supporter of terrorism...
Dec 05, 2025
Yukon Energy ordered to come up with risk plan for deteriorating dam spillway
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it will need to spend more than $150 million to replace an aging dam spillway. A statement from the government says engineers have confirmed that temporary repai...
Dec 05, 2025
Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. controversy
NEW YORK (AP) - Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid ongoing controversy over her relationship with profile subject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while she was the Washington c...
Dec 05, 2025
Hundreds of federal public servants warned this week of job cuts
OTTAWA - Hundreds of workers have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the size of the public service. The Public Service Alliance of Canada said Friday that 219 of i...
Dec 05, 2025
Judge calls Alberta bill on referendum drives undemocratic, disrespect to rule of law
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge tasked with reviewing the constitutionality of a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada is calling a new government bill undemocratic, as it ai...
Dec 05, 2025
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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