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Mendicino: foreign-agent registry would need equity lens, could be part of 'tool box'
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says a registry to track foreign agents operating in Canada can only be implemented in lockstep with diverse communities. "There is a historical context...
Feb 06, 2023

Curlers ask for transparency and communication after pregnancy exemption uproar
A Canadian interim rep for the Curling Players' Association has renewed a call for improved transparency and collaboration with Curling Canada after an uproar about pregnancy exemption rules resulted ...
Feb 06, 2023

'Surprised but not surprised': Cree hockey player discusses continual issue of racism in sport
One of the Western Hockey League's (WHL) greatest players, who is Cree, said he isn't surprised to see Indigenous players today being racially discriminated against.Dan Hodgson, who played three years...
Feb 06, 2023

Canada's first Indigenous languages commissioner hopes to be operating by summer
OTTAWA - Canada's first commissioner of Indigenous languages says he hopes to have his office fully operational by the summer - about two years after it was first announced. Ronald Ignace appeared bef...
Feb 06, 2023

NHL all-star festivities netted some surprising results for Proline bettors
TORONTO - The NHL all-star festivities presented a few surprises for Proline customers. The league's best gathered last weekend in Florida but according to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., just 3...
Feb 06, 2023

McKinsey doesn't meet criteria for banning company from federal contracts: bureaucrat
OTTAWA - The deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada says the federal government's ethics rules do not disqualify consulting firm McKinsey & Company from doing business with the ...
Feb 06, 2023

Alberta law society upholds requirement for members to take Indigenous course
EDMONTON - The Law Society of Alberta has voted by a three-to-one margin in favour of keeping a requirement for its members to complete a course on Indigenous history and culture. Almost 3,500 lawyers...
Feb 06, 2023

B.C. fire tanker crashes in Australia, both on board safe: owner
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a British Columbia company has crashed in western Australia while on deployment to a fire. Coulson Aviation, based in Port Alberni on Vancouver Is...
Feb 06, 2023

Moe lays out expectations ahead of federal-provincial health-care meeting
The much-anticipated health-care meeting between Canada's premiers and the federal government is set to take place on Tuesday.Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe told reporters at the Regina Airport on Sun...
Feb 06, 2023

Northern agencies team up to keep youth warm this winter
Dozens of children living in a small community in northern Saskatchewan are guaranteed to have a warmer winter, thanks in large part to some recent generous donations.Timber Bay school received about ...
Feb 06, 2023