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Tue, 8 Jun 2021 04:00:10 EDT
Carpenter faces $15M lawsuit for criticizing sexual harassment comments in construction podcast
Two men who run a prominent construction industry podcast that aired remarks about cat-calling and trying to grab women have filed a $15 million defamation lawsuit against a carpenter who criticized t...

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic
Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private non-profit was tapping into go...

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed
Despite high hopes that Pope Francis would visit the province in 2017 and apologize for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's residential school system, the plan didn't go ahead and no explanation wa...

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Here's what Ottawa has said, and done, about Islamophobia and attacks on Muslim Canadians
Canada’s political leaders are once again condemning Islamophobia following the deadly Sunday evening hit and run in London, Ont. that police have described as a premeditated hate crime against a Mu...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 11:40:31 EDT
Brayden Bushby, convicted in trailer-hitch death of Indigenous mom Barbara Kentner, to serve 8 years in prison
A man convicted of manslaughter after Barbara Kentner, 34, was struck by a trailer hitch thrown from a moving vehicle in 2017 has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Thunder Bay, Ont. "You targ...

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
My mom's memory is failing. But rolling dumplings is something she can do intuitively
Even when her memory was failing, Tarn Tayanuth’s mom worked her way around the kitchen rolling dumplings with confidence.

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:00:51 EDT
Muslim family members targeted in fatal hit and run, police say, driver charged with murder
A 20-year-old man was charged Monday with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in a hit and run Sunday involving a pickup truck, in what London, Ont., police believe was a targeted...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:29:44 EDT
Ontario to begin reopening Friday as 3rd wave of COVID-19 recedes
Ontario will move into the initial phases of its reopening plan three days ahead of schedule, the government said Monday, including loosening restrictions on retail and outdoor activities. ...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 13:29:21 EDT
Alberta equalization referendum will have no bearing on Constitution, experts say
Legal and economic scholars say there's virtually no chance Alberta's planned referendum on equalization will result in changes to Canada's constitution.

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 12:00:00 EDT
Quebec's residential school system started later than most in Canada — and also has history of abuse
The effects of the residential school system are downplayed in Quebec's provincial school curriculum, but testimony and documentation brought forward at recent federal and provincial inquiries shows t...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 04:00:07 EDT
$1,600 taken from customer's account — and her bank won't say why
A Vancouver woman wants to know why her bank, Tangerine, allowed $1,600 to be transferred out of her account and sent to another financial institution. Tangerine won’t tell her, or Go Public, and th...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Meet the first 3 women training to work one of Port Saint John's most dangerous jobs
Container lashing used to be man's work. Not anymore. Hanna Graham, Guylaine Cyr and Liz Kramer are the first women in Port Saint John history to pass the test to do it.

Sun, 6 Jun 2021 16:39:03 EDT
'Treat me like a normal player on the team,' says 1st female OHL draft pick
After making history and becoming the first woman ever picked in the Ontario Hockey League's Priority Selection draft Saturday, Tanya Currie hopes to focus on her game and be treated like any other ...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
More new mothers are seeking mental health supports amid overwhelming strain during the pandemic
For months, Canadian parents have shared stories of pandemic anxiety and stress. Now, just-published research suggests the strain on new mothers in particular has translated into more postpartum indiv...

Sun, 6 Jun 2021 22:20:55 EDT
Statue of Egerton Ryerson, toppled after Toronto rally, 'will not be restored or replaced'
The statue of Egerton Ryerson that stood outside the university that bears his name "will not be restored or replaced," the school's president said Monday, after it was toppled following a demonstrati...

Sun, 6 Jun 2021 14:00:00 EDT
Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting
A Victoria-area photographer captured a crow in the process of anting, a behaviour that has confounded experts for decades.

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 09:01:23 EDT
After outcry, Air Canada says its top executives giving back bonuses
Senior executives at Air Canada have chosen to return their 2020 bonuses in response to "public disappointment." In April, the airline and government agreed to a $5.9 billion loan package that capped ...

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 07:32:42 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on June 7
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney apologized Monday for a controversial dinner meeting he held last week which raised questions about whether he was following the public health guidelines. ...

Sat, 5 Jun 2021 14:47:46 EDT
Premier vows change for N.L. coat of arms description calling Indigenous people 'savages'
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has decided to change the official description of its 400-year-old coat of arms.

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 04:30:00 EDT
Turning eel into earrings: Mi'kmaw artist makes jewelry from homemade fish leather
Nicole Travers, a Mi'kmaw artist in Newfound and Labrador's Bay of Islands, creates beautiful hand beaded jewelry out of fish leather she's tanned herself.



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