Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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COVID-19 vaccines to roll out for priority groups in early 2021; Atlantic bubble pops
A top public health official said Thursday that priority groups in Canada should start receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses early next year as new restrictions for those entering New Brunswick effectively...
Nov 26, 2020
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada on Nov. 26, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:23 p.m. The Yukon government has announced a policy on mandatory masks in all indoor public spaces starting Dec. 1. The territory is report...
Nov 26, 2020
Vancouver council unanimously endorses drug decriminalization, seeks federal approval
VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ask the federal government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Mayor Kennedy Stewart put forward the motion ea...
Nov 26, 2020
Spy watchdog urges justice minister to fix gaps in whistle-blowing regime
OTTAWA - The national spy watchdog is urging Justice Minister David Lametti to close gaps in the federal whistle-blowing framework to protect Canada's deepest secrets and the public servants who keep ...
Nov 26, 2020
Ethiopian PM says troops ordered to move on Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum ended for Tigray leaders to surrender, a...
Nov 26, 2020
Fresh off majority government win, B.C.'s Horgan to introduce new NDP cabinet
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan will announce his new cabinet today with the expectation that the pandemic will occupy the duties of many of his ministers. Horgan's cabinet unveiling comes after t...
Nov 25, 2020
B.C. homework assignment asks for 'positive experiences with residential schools'
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find "positive experiences with resid...
Nov 25, 2020
Professional athletes the main beneficiary of national interest exemptions at border
OTTAWA - Four national interest exemptions to COVID-19 border restrictions, covering 1,300 professional athletes, have been issued by the federal immigration minister, his office confirmed Wednesday. ...
Nov 25, 2020
Trump refuses to accept Biden's win as transition proceeds
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed anew that he had won the election and uttered repeated falsehoods when he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to i...
Nov 25, 2020
Trump pardons Flynn despite guilty plea in Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, ending a yearslong prosecution in the Russia investigation that saw Flynn twice plead guil...
Nov 25, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...