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Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information
OTTAWA - Canadian supporters of Dong Guangping, a missing Chinese human-rights defender, are disappointed with what they call a disingenuous response from Vietnamese officials to the United Nations. T...
Mar 29, 2023
Municipality delays decision on increasing liquor store hours
La Ronge council will wait for more information from several sources before proceeding with a decision on whether or not to increase hours of operation for retail liquor stores. Patrick Campling, the ...
Mar 29, 2023
Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023
OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to ...
Mar 29, 2023
GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor's veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young peop...
Mar 29, 2023
Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma. She says...
Mar 29, 2023
UAE leader designates his son as crown prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, appointed his eldest son Khalid as crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Monday, placing him a...
Mar 29, 2023
Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems
MONTREAL - A Quebec man accused of killing a provincial police officer had a history of mental health issues and had been found not criminally responsible at least five times for past offences. Isaac ...
Mar 29, 2023
Canada coach Bev Priestman names 25 players for April camp and friendly in France
Canada can now boast two Manchester United players on its women's national team roster. Coach Bev Priestman has summoned fullback Jayde Riviere and forward Adriana Leon to her 25-player camp roster fo...
Mar 29, 2023
Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders
WASHINGTON - U.S. Indigenous leaders say they aren't about to stop pushing Canada to agree to a bilateral investigation into toxic mining runoff from British Columbia. Representatives from several Ind...
Mar 29, 2023
Unions welcome federal budget promise to cap outsourcing, but fear service cuts
OTTAWA - The federal government says in this year's federal budget that it will begin a new belt-tightening exercise that includes a 15 per cent cut to consulting, travel and other professional servic...
Mar 29, 2023