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Quebec children under 14 to be banned from working most jobs
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from working most jobs. Labour Minister Jean Boulet says Bill 19 is the result of a recommendation from...
Mar 30, 2023

‘Very welcome news,’ cattlemen’s association says of Japan lifting beef restriction
After 20 years, Canadian beef producers will have full access to the Japanese market.This will come as excellent news for Saskatchewan producers, according to Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association CEO ...
Mar 30, 2023

Vanier Cup games in 2023, 2024 to be played at Queen's University
KINGSTON, Ont. - The Vanier Cup is heading to Queen's University. U Sports, Canadian university sport's governing body, announced Thursday its national championship football game will be played at Ric...
Mar 30, 2023

A look at the 22 Nova Scotians killed in Canada's worst mass shooting
TRURO, N.S. - The victims in Canada's worst mass shooting included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their ho...
Mar 30, 2023

Canadian fighter Aaron Jeffery turning heads with his fists and mullet in Bellator
There are four Canadians fighting at Bellator 293 in Temecula, Calif., on Friday night. Aaron Jeffery may be the easiest one to spot - he's the only one on the main card and the one with a mullet. Jef...
Mar 30, 2023

Bryan Gustafson's Smeltinator anchors Canadian's Bassmaster Classic victory
It weighed just 3/8 of an ounce but Canadian Bryan Gustafson's invention stole the show on pro bass fishing's biggest stage. On Sunday, Jeff Gustafson, of Kenora, Ont., became the first Canadian to ca...
Mar 30, 2023

Top UN court rejects Iranian bid to free assets frozen by US
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Nations' top court has rejected Tehran's legal bid to free up some $2 billion in Iranian central bank assets frozen by U.S. authorities to be paid in compensat...
Mar 30, 2023

Manslaughter charge laid in relation to April 2022 Yukon overdose death
WHITEHORSE - A Yukon man has been charged with manslaughter in an opioid overdose death last year. Police say the charge is the first of its kind in the territory, which had Canada's highest per-capit...
Mar 30, 2023

Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery, a move Indigenous people have long urged
The Vatican has rejected the Doctrine of Discovery a year after Pope Francis met with Indigenous groups from Canada and delivered his first apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential school...
Mar 30, 2023

Sask. PC party accusing Sask. United Party of underhanded dealings
After what it calls a foiled takeover attempt last year, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan now says a hard drive with member and donor information is missing, and it's pointing a fing...
Mar 30, 2023