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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:30:00 EDT
St. John's woman loses home after Phoenix pay fiasco
A St. John's woman says the federal government has ruined her life and that she lost her family home due to long-standing issues with the notorious Phoenix pay system.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
'It's intimidation:' Judge faces threats after Freedom Convoy hearings
One of the judges who presided over court hearings of Freedom Convoy organizers is speaking out after receiving threats considered serious enough to require police intervention, according to informat...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Sudbury police 'unlawfully' detained Indigenous academic after she faced hospital racism, lawsuit alleges 
An Indigenous academic says she was unlawfully detained by police after she faced racial discrimination from medical staff at a hospital in Sudbury, Ont., according to a recently filed $300,000 lawsui...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
From food court to criminal court: Why people are being plucked off the street for jury duty
Earlier this month, 50 Calgarians were summoned from a mall's food court, at lunch time, and told to go at once to the nearby Calgary Courts Centre to participate in jury selection. They couldn't ref...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Vacancies pile up in the Senate with Trudeau slow to appoint new members
Canada's Senate is nearly 20 per cent vacant as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has allowed some seats in the upper chamber to go unfilled, in some instances for years at a time.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Indigenous fire keepers and ecologists say it's time to light a careful fire to calm wildfires
Fire experts in British Columbia are urging the province to support a movement by Indigenous groups to reclaim their roles as fire keepers in an effort to control devastating wildfires. Experts point ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:52:16 EDT
B.C. Premier John Horgan to step down before next election
B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced he will step down before the next provincial election.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:58:02 EDT
Alberta murder victim's parents, MP criticize top court's decision on parole ineligibility
The parents of a 35-year-old man who was shot dead on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton a decade ago say they are angry about a recent Supreme Court decision that could allow their son's ki...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:30:00 EDT
N.L. airports part of 'significant air bridge' as weapons, other supplies flow to Ukraine
The frequency of military flights into airports in Newfoundland and Labrador has increased as military and other aid flows toward Ukraine.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:16:26 EDT
Cessco lockout ending, but future remains uncertain for picketing workers
June 28 marks the two-year anniversary of the lockout at Cessco, a steel fabricator on Edmonton's south side. Under Alberta law, the lockout must now end. It's still unclear what the future holds for ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
How the N.S. mass shooter controlled, exploited women around him
The gunman who would kill 22 people across Nova Scotia in a mass shooting controlled and abused women around him for years, including his longtime partner and others who were in vulnerable situations....

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario's new minister of natural resources faces environmental charges
One of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's new cabinet ministers faces a September court date over charges that he violated the province's Endangered Species Act during his time as mayor of a town in Muskoka....

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Missing baggage adds to chaos at Canadian airports
As airlines and the federal government race to address long lines and delays at airports, some travellers are pointing out another major problem — missing luggage.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:44:54 EDT
Canada has no abortion right law. Does it need one?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to defend the right of every woman to an abortion in Canada after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. But in a country that has...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:24:18 EDT
2nd RCMP staffer suggests commissioner under political pressure after N.S. mass shooting
The former head of communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP said it was "appalling" to hear the commissioner of the Mounties bring up federal political pressures in a meeting days following the mass sh...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:26:14 EDT
3 dead, including suspect, after woman and 2 daughters stabbed in south Ottawa
Three people are dead, including the suspect, after a man stabbed a woman and her two daughters before being shot by police in a hail of gunfire that also struck one of the victims. ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Why Indian immigrants' 1st names sometimes end up as XXX on Canadian passports
Western University physiotherapy student Safa Khan says because her first name reads XXX on her Canadian passport, she has had to get notary publics and lawyers to sign affidavits to explain her real ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
4-year-old Montreal girl desperately in need of life-saving stem cell donation
In a few weeks, Minh Nguyen went from being a healthy child to being in and out of hospital, suffering from a rare blood disease. She needs a stem cell donation but because she is of Vietnamese and Ca...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
We're still waiting for this wage price spiral central bankers fear could send inflation soaring
Like a nuclear chain reaction, economic theory warns us that rising wages can reinforce rising prices, pushing wages even higher, all in an endless cycle. Is it just around the corner? Or are things d...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 08:40:30 EDT
Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth renamed Woodlawn High School
Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth, N.S., will no longer be named after a member of the Royal Family accused of sex crimes.



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