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Manitoba RCMP have spent years investigating abuse allegations at residential school
WINNIPEG - A residential school in Manitoba known for harsh discipline and fatal runaway attempts has been the focus of a large-scale, years-long investigation into sexual abuse allegations. Mounties ...
Jul 27, 2021
Conditional approval given in La Ronge for family to own laying hens
La Ronge council has conditionally approved a local family to acquire standard brown laying hens.The decision was made at a regular council meeting last week and letters have been sent to nearby neigh...
Jul 27, 2021
Canadian border workers vote in favour of striking as soon as Aug. 6, union says
Canadians could be facing mail disruptions and slowdowns at the border with the United States next month after members of a union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees vote...
Jul 27, 2021
Canucks goalie Braden Holtby, Oilers forward James Neal set for buyouts
The Vancouver Canucks have placed goalie Braden Holtby on waivers ahead of a buyout. The 31-year-old netminder came to Vancouver in free agency last year, signing a two-year deal with an average annua...
Jul 27, 2021
It will take pressure to get some provinces to sign child-care deal: Trudeau
MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it will take pressure from activists, unions and family groups to get some provinces to sign on to his government's national child-care program. Trud...
Jul 27, 2021
Annamie Paul says Green party convention will go ahead even if election is underway
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul says the party will hold a national convention next month even if a federal election campaign is in full swing. At a climate roundtable this morning, Paul told repor...
Jul 27, 2021
Vancouver Canucks sign forward Conor Garland to five-year, US$24.75-million deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have locked up one of their latest acquisitions, signing forward Conor Garland to a five-year contract. The club says the deal comes with an average annual value of U...
Jul 27, 2021
One-time payments to seniors over 75 likely to also go to the dead, documents say
OTTAWA - Canada's seniors minister was warned in the spring that the Liberal government's plan to send $500 payments to pensioners in August would end with some of the money going to people who had di...
Jul 27, 2021
Ex-airman sentenced to 45 months for leaking drone info
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former Air Force intelligence analyst was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for leaking top secret information about the U.S. government's drone strike program to a ...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Ottawa withholding 'millions of dollars' from N.B. over abortion access
MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is withholding millions of dollars in health-care transfers to New Brunswick because the province is limiting access to abortion. Trud...
Jul 27, 2021