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National chief says she was 'stunned,' calls for change after headdress taken from her on flight
News/Canada/Manitoba | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:34:41 EDTAssembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says attempts by Air Canada staff to take her headdress from her on Wednesday have created "a pivotal learning moment in history." read more
Ontario NDP will defy keffiyeh ban if Ford doesn't step in: Stiles
News/Canada/Toronto | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:18:24 EDTOntario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban. read more
Orca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month
News/Canada/British Columbia | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:39:17 EDTThe Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after she swam out on her own early Friday morning. read more
British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces
News/Canada/British Columbia | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:51:27 EDTProvince says people who don't pose threat to public safety will not be charged for mere possession. read more
Ontario Provincial Police reviewing interaction between officer, protesters outside Trudeau event
News/Politics | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:53:42 EDTThe Ontario Provincial Police has launched a review after one of its officers was recorded vocally supporting — and possibly helping — protesters outside an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week. read more
Nearly 23% of the Canadian population reported food insecurity in 2022
News/Business | Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:01:00 EST
Charge dropped for man accused of waving 'terrorist flag' at Toronto rally
News/Canada/Toronto | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:20:18 EDTA charge against a Toronto man accused of flying what police called a "terrorist flag" at a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this year has been withdrawn. read more
Thunder Bay police board administrator's 2-year term ends, report recommends that local control resume
News/Canada/Thunder Bay | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:52:03 EDTThe Ontario Civilian Police Commission has ended the term of Malcolm Mercer as administrator of the Thunder Bay Police Service Board. Mercer, appointed two years ago to oversee a board and police service that were in turmoil, said he believes the reconstituted board and new chief are on the right track and functioning properly. read more
Winnipeg father guilty of manslaughter after shaking, hitting or throwing infant son in 2020: judge
News/Canada/Manitoba | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:53:41 EDTThe mother of a three-month-old boy who died from a traumatic brain injury in 2020 burst into tears in a Winnipeg courtroom on Friday and later hugged a prosecutor after the infant’s father was convicted of manslaughter in the baby’s death. read more
RCMP's ability to defend national security is eroding, report warns
News/Politics | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe RCMP's federal wing is at a "critical juncture" and its ability to police key national security files — such as foreign interference, terrorism and financial crime — is on the line, says a recent report from the RCMP's independent advisory board. read more
Fear rekindled in Ktunaxa Nation community as fire season begins in B.C.
News/Canada/British Columbia | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:26 EDTWildfires have become a prominent year-round concern for the Ktunaxa Nation community of Aq'am, from supporting members to researching and funding prescribed burns in the area. read more
29 Olympics, no medals? No problem. Canadian fencing squad hungry for history
News/Canada/Montreal | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTCanada's Olympic fencing team in Paris will be country's largest in decades and its athletes are hungry to make history and earn a podium finish. read more
Ottawa says pharmacare is coming — here's what you need to know
News/Politics | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe federal government’s budget is setting aside $1.5 billion to implement pharmacare – a major financial commitment with the potential to have a wide-ranging impact on the country’s health-care system. read more
Metro Vancouver mayors want Ottawa to deny serial killer parole
News/Canada/British Columbia | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:23:37 EDTA dozen mayors from around Metro Vancouver say the federal attorney general and justice minister should deny parole for serial killer Robert Pickton and reassess the parole and sentencing system for "prolific offenders and mass murderers." read more
Air Canada apologizes to national chief after flight crew took her headdress away
News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:47:59 EDTAir Canada says it's sorry after staff tried to stow away the headdress of the Assembly of First Nations' national chief in cargo storage before the departure of a flight Wednesday. read more
Government hits Canada Life with financial sanctions as public servants endure messy benefits switch
News/Canada/Ottawa | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe federal government has begun imposing financial sanctions on Canada Life after months of outcry from public servants, retirees and their families who were left fighting for medical claims to be covered. read more
Canadian who died in Cuba was mistakenly buried in Russia, family says
News/Canada/Montreal | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:05:29 EDTFaraj Allah Jarjour, a Canadian man who died in Cuba in March, was buried in a Russian town north of Moscow after Cuban government workers mistakenly switched two bodies before repatriating them to the wrong countries. read more
Alberta government wants power to remove municipal councillors, repeal bylaws it doesn't like
News/Canada/Edmonton | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:36:56 EDTA new bill would give the Alberta government more power over municipalities including granting cabinet the power to remove councillors from office, and forcing councils to repeal bylaws it doesn’t like. read more
First Nation in Ontario declares state of emergency over discharge from nearby plastics plant
News/Canada/Windsor | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:59:56 EDTAamjiwnaang First Nation in southwestern Ontario has declared a state of emergency over the "ongoing and excessive" discharge of benzene from a nearby plastics plant. read more
