Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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'We are not bargaining chips:' Sask. student frustrated over teachers dispute
A Saskatchewan high school student is accusing the teachers' union of leveraging students in their contract dispute with the provincial government. Tristin Funk from Herbert posted a Facebook video on...
Mar 11, 2020
UNDRIP, COVID-19 key issues for talks with PM and premiers: Indigenous leaders
OTTAWA - Leaders of Canada's three national Indigenous organizations say they plan to turn up the heat on the Liberal government's promise to enact the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peopl...
Mar 11, 2020
Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv
OTTAWA - The flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by the Iranian military in January will be arriving in Ukraine in 10 to 14 days, the country's envoy to Canada said Wednesday. Ambas...
Mar 11, 2020
US officials say US troops killed, injured in Iraq attack
WASHINGTON - Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday. O...
Mar 11, 2020
How EI benefits for COVID-19 quarantines will work
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to Canada's sick-leave benefits under employment insurance Wednesday, to respond to concerns about COVID-19. Here is a quick overview of how th...
Mar 11, 2020
Amnesty International raises Greta sticker in letter to Trudeau, premiers
CALGARY - Amnesty International says it's not enough for political leaders to condemn a sexually suggestive decal appearing to show teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and they should do more to...
Mar 11, 2020
New Brunswick reports Atlantic region's first presumptive case of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick public health officials are reporting the province's first presumptive case of COVID-19. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medical officer of health, says health offic...
Mar 11, 2020
Federal Liberals to deliver 2020 budget on March 30, Morneau says
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will deliver the first budget of their minority mandate at the end of the month. Finance Minister Bill Morneau told the House of Commons on Wednesday that the federal Lib...
Mar 11, 2020
Kenney worried layoffs coming as oil and gas sector struggles with coronavirus
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney flew to Ottawa on Wednesday with a list of demands and a key message for the prime minister to focus on the economy. Kenney and his fellow premier...
Mar 11, 2020
Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Murray Wood: Why most of us are Switzerland when it comes to culture war debates
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