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June 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebrations
There are many Natiional Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations today.See posters below.
Jun 21, 2022
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse withdraws from national championship with COVID
Sprint star Andre De Grasse will miss the Canadian track and field championships this week after testing positive for COVID-19. The six-time Olympic medallist was rounding into form, winning the 100 m...
Jun 21, 2022
Montreal, Toronto tangle in Canadian Championship semifinal
TORONTO - The semifinals of the Canadian Championship have once again pitted the two biggest soccer clubs in the country against one another in what is affectionately known as the Canadian Classique. ...
Jun 21, 2022
Earl and Countess of Wessex to underscore UK-Cyprus ties
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Earl and Countess of Wessex met Tuesday with the president of Cyprus as part of a three-day visit to the former British colony to underscore close bilateral ties and to meet...
Jun 21, 2022
UK rail strike strands commuters, pits workers against govt
LONDON (AP) - Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. About 40,0...
Jun 21, 2022
National Indigenous Peoples Day, drug decriminalization : In The News for June 21
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 21, 2022
Experts explain why Ottawa is being asked to decriminalize small amounts of drugs
OTTAWA - Last month, British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in Canada to make changes to ensure drug users will not be arrested or charged for carrying up to 2.5 grams of illicit drugs as of n...
Jun 21, 2022
Ontario residential school survivors reflect on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Diane Hill had just celebrated her seventh birthday when she first arrived at the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., in November, 1963. "The first night there I was crying," said ...
Jun 21, 2022
Federal unit flags apparent Chinese campaign to sow doubt on return of 'two Michaels'
OTTAWA - A federal unit that tracks foreign interference has identified what appeared to be a co-ordinated information campaign by Chinese state media outlets to control the domestic narrative around ...
Jun 21, 2022
Cole no-hit bid into 8th, Yanks beat Rays 4-2 for 50th win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Gerrit Cole took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Aaron Hicks hit a tiebreaking triple in the ninth as Manuel Margot slammed into the right-field wall and the New York ...
Jun 20, 2022
