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More than 100 LGBTQ candidates compete in Mexican election
MEXICO CITY (AP) - For years, transgender activist Roshell Terranova protested in the streets and knocked on the doors of Mexico's Congress to make the demands of the country's LGBTQ community known. ...
Jun 02, 2021
Liberal minister calls on O'Toole to not allow free vote on his MP's abortion bill
OTTAWA - Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef is calling out Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole for allowing a bill on abortion from one of his members to move ahead. Parliamentarians are expected to ...
Jun 02, 2021
Ethics commissioner calls for suspension of Quebec economy minister over conflict
Quebec's ethics commissioner is recommending that Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon be suspended from the provincial legislature over an ongoing conflict of interest. Ariane Mignolet says in a report...
Jun 02, 2021
Saskatchewan Updates Captive Wildlife Regulations
Saskatchewan has modernized and strengthened its rules related to the import and possession of native and exotic wildlife here in the province. This includes those that are kept as pets, or being care...
Jun 02, 2021
Victims of military sexual trauma turned away from peer-support programs: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman says a recent investigation by her office has found victims of military sexual misconduct are being referred away from existing peer-support programs for service m...
Jun 02, 2021
Indigenous Services minister wants Pope to apologize for Canada's residential schools
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Pope needs to issue an apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system. A papal apology was one of the ...
Jun 02, 2021
Joyce Echaquan coroner's inquiry comes to an end, community to march in her honour
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - The inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan has begun its last day of hearings, with lawyers making their final pleas to coroner Ghane Kamel. Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw m...
Jun 02, 2021
Group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide
OTTAWA - An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat fir...
Jun 02, 2021
U.N. seeks full probe into death of Indigenous students at residential schools
The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on all levels of Canadian governments to investigate the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools and to intensity efforts to find those w...
Jun 02, 2021
2 charged in Miami Beach; no arrests in other shootings
MIAMI (AP) - Police have charged two suspects with attempted murder in a shooting that wounded two people on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, but suspects remained elusive Wednesday in two other attacks th...
Jun 02, 2021