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B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates
VANCOUVER - Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers' Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teac...
Jun 05, 2024
Wildfire plan wants 50% of Canadians to act in response to climate change by 2025
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. F...
Jun 05, 2024
Space for Algonquin Peoples to open near Parliament, but no date set
OTTAWA - Algonquin leaders and the federal government have signed an agreement committing to a new space for Algonquin Peoples in Ottawa's parliamentary precinct, five years after the former grand chi...
Jun 05, 2024
River Valley Resilience Retreat celebrates second anniversary
Gathered together in a small living room and kitchen area, a group veterans, first responders, politicians, and family members, have come together to celebrate and say thank-you. Wednesday's event at ...
Jun 05, 2024
Russian warships headed to Caribbean for drills as tensions rise over Ukraine, US officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in the coming weeks, in a Russian show of force as tensi...
Jun 05, 2024
Teachers have refused arbitration, says Sask. Ed.
Saskatchewan teachers have refused to send the collective agreement to binding arbitration, said the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education in a news release late on Wednesday. The government and school t...
Jun 05, 2024
Canada's Lance Stroll unfazed by his F1 detractors: 'I do my talking on the track'
MONTREAL - Lance Stroll hears the criticism, but he says he pays it no mind. The Canadian's legitimacy as a Formula One driver is sometimes dismissed by pundits and fans because his father, billionair...
Jun 05, 2024
Oilers tickets sell out ahead of Stanley Cup Final
Hockey fans hoping to get tickets to the Stanley Cup Final in Edmonton next week are going to have to fork over piles of cash to get inside Rogers Place for games 3, 4 and 6.Tickets went on sale at no...
Jun 05, 2024
Alouettes, Bombers brimming with confidence ahead of Grey Cup rematch
WINNIPEG - Brady Oliveira is ready to help prove Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo is wrong. When Fajardo was preparing for Thursday's Grey Cup rematch against the Blue Bombers, the reigning...
Jun 05, 2024
Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada that Meta says originated there
OTTAWA - The Israeli government is being accused in published reports of involvement in an operation aimed at reducing support for Palestinians in Canada that was flagged by artificial intelligence re...
Jun 05, 2024
