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Black Canadian justice strategy still in the works, as advocates call for reform
OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to follow through with its commitment to develop a Black Canadian justice strategy. The Liberal government committed to creating such a strategy in the 2...
Feb 08, 2023
How much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation and who's hurting the most
OTTAWA - Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform. While the inflation rate shows how quickly prices are rising...
Feb 08, 2023
'The only Black one left:' Alberta village remembers it's African-American roots
BRETON, ALBERTA - "My name is Vant Hayes and I'm the only Black one left out here." Hayes, who says he's 88 years old or "somewhere around there," represents the end of an era in the village of Breton...
Feb 08, 2023
Crews find survivors, many dead after Turkey, Syria quake
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) - Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkey and Syria by a catastroph...
Feb 07, 2023
Scoring King: James passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA points mark
LeBron James is the NBA's new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career t...
Feb 07, 2023
Scoring King: James passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA points mark
LeBron James is the NBA's new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career t...
Feb 07, 2023
Warren Foegele scores twice, Oilers beat Red Wings 5-2
DETROIT (AP) - Warren Foegele scored twice in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers went on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Tuesday night. Ryan McLeod and Foegele had goals 36 seconds apart e...
Feb 07, 2023
Democrats win control of Pennsylvania House, end GOP rule
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in special elections Tuesday, wresting partial power from Republicans for the first time in a dozen years in the closely competit...
Feb 07, 2023
Ontario Hockey League's Bulldogs officially relocating from Hamilton to Brantford
BRANTFORD, Ont. - The Ontario Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs officially have a new home. The team announced Tuesday that it will relocate to Brantford, Ont., and play at the Brantford Civic Centre ...
Feb 07, 2023
Ottawa spending $2M for international commission to offer advice on unmarked graves
Ottawa is spending $2 million for an international organization to provide Indigenous communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former residential school sites. The o...
Feb 07, 2023
