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Hangover from discriminatory policies may still be felt by Roma refugees: advocates
OTTAWA - Roma advocates say discriminatory policies meant to keep people from making what a former immigration minister called "bogus" refugee claims have a lingering effect on families fleeing persec...
Apr 05, 2023
B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matching inflation with 6.9% hike
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government says fulfils a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation. The new minimum wage kicks i...
Apr 05, 2023
'Union guy through and through': New NHLPA boss getting positive early reviews
Marty Walsh provided some broad strokes on his plans for the NHL Players' Association. The union's new executive director didn't offer specifics on how he will approach negotiations on the next collec...
Apr 05, 2023
Sweden's Edin makes a "one in a 1,000" game-tying spinner at world curling playdowns
OTTAWA - Thinking it may have been a circus throw for show, some laughs were heard at TD Place when Niklas Edin tried a spin shot in the 10th end of Sweden's game against Norway on Wednesday. Gasps mi...
Apr 05, 2023
Maple Leafs centre Ryan O'Reilly ready to return from broken finger against Bruins
TORONTO - Ryan O'Reilly is ready to return. And into the lion's den he will go. The Toronto Maple Leafs centre declared himself fully healthy following Wednesday's practice after missing a month with ...
Apr 05, 2023
Only 'silent' praying allowed in Quebec schools as province moves to ban prayer rooms
Quebec's education minister says it will soon be forbidden to have prayer rooms in the province's public schools. Bernard Drainville told reporters today he has learned of at least two Montreal-area s...
Apr 05, 2023
Man pleads not guilty to murdering 13-year-old Marrisa Shen, of Burnaby, B.C.
VANCOUVER - A man accused of the first-degree murder of a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago repeatedly denied killing the girl as his trial started. Ibrahim Ali pleaded not guilty and told the jur...
Apr 05, 2023
Kansas bans transgender athletes from women's, girls' sports
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is banning transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports from kindergarten through college, the first of several possible new laws restricting the rights of transgende...
Apr 05, 2023
Ottawa and Edmonton cement manufacturer sign preliminary deal on carbon capture
EDMONTON - The federal government has signed a deal to work with an Edmonton cement manufacturer to keep carbon dioxide generated at the plant from entering the atmosphere. Innovation, Science and Ind...
Apr 05, 2023
Kansas bans transgender athletes from women's, girls' sports
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is banning transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports from kindergarten through college, the first of several possible new laws restricting the rights of transgende...
Apr 05, 2023
