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MPs open to changing committee rules after complaints from assault victims, advocates
OTTAWA - Federal politicians say they are open to changing the way witnesses are treated at parliamentary committees after some sexual violence survivors and advocates say they felt angered and, in so...
May 03, 2021
Quebec report on youth protection calls for charter of children's rights
MONTREAL - A commission investigating Quebec's youth protection system released its final report today, calling on the government to create a charter of children's rights. The commission's 552-page re...
May 03, 2021
Einarson struggles continue in women's world curling, Canada loses fourth straight
CALGARY - Stress levels of the host team rose Monday at the women's world curling championship in Calgary. Canada's Kerri Einarson was dangerously close to missing the playoffs with a fourth straight ...
May 03, 2021
Yellowknife schools closed after COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at elementary school
YELLOWKNIFE - All schools in Yellowknife have been closed after eight cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at an elementary school over the weekend. The chief public health officer for the Northwest Terri...
May 03, 2021
Trailblaze for Wishes
Trailblaze for Wishes is a 10 Week virtual fitness challenge where participants can Walk-Hike-Run and raise money for wishes in the province! There are 50km/100km/200km challenges that are spread over...
May 03, 2021
Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies
Bobby Unser, who began racing jalopies in New Mexico and went on to become a beloved three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and part of the only pair of brothers to capture "The Greatest Spectacle ...
May 03, 2021
Top general drops opposition to change in sex assault policy
WASHINGTON - In a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military, the nation's top general says he is dropping his opposition to a proposal to take decisions...
May 03, 2021
Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist's death
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief - moves that the mayor said ...
May 03, 2021
CRA rules against civil service union push to make Phoenix damages non-taxable
OTTAWA - Canada's biggest civil service union says it is considering taking legal action after the Canada Revenue Agency ruled that damages paid to federal employees in connection with the troubled Ph...
May 03, 2021
Dancer Jacques d'Amboise dead at 86
Jacques d'Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world's premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet and spent the last four and a half decades providing fre...
May 03, 2021
