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Senator to appear before parliamentary committee over inauthentic docs for Afghans
OTTAWA - A Manitoba senator who denies falsifying travel documents for Afghan refugees will be grilled by a committee of parliamentarians over allegations her actions may have left refugees stranded. ...
Apr 19, 2023
Federal workers now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected
OTTAWA - More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country's biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline.Federal dep...
Apr 19, 2023
Many passport renewals on pause during federal public service workers' strike
TORONTO - Senjuti Sarker needed to renew her passport for an upcoming trip to Europe but her attempt at doing so failed Wednesday after federal public service workers went on strike. Sarker, who was h...
Apr 19, 2023
Break-in at N.W.T. government office results in privacy breach affecting 3,000 people
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government says a break-in at its Department of Education, Culture and Employment headquarters in Yellowknife has resulted in a privacy breach affecting about 3...
Apr 19, 2023
Sociologist says pandemic may have made Canadian youth less empathetic, meaner
TORONTO - Increased time online during the pandemic may have made young Canadians meaner, a researcher said Wednesday, warning that declining empathy which emerged during isolation was now fostering i...
Apr 19, 2023
As Supreme Court readies decision, White House vows to keep defending abortion rights
WASHINGTON - The White House is vowing to continue to defend abortion rights in the United States, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides. The high court is expected to issue an interim decision...
Apr 19, 2023
Homeowner accused of shooting Ralph Yarl pleads not guilty
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's ea...
Apr 19, 2023
Google ordered to pay $500,000 to Montrealer over links to post calling him pedophile
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered Google to pay $500,000 to a Montreal man after the tech company restored a link to an online post falsely accusing him of being a pedophile. The ma...
Apr 19, 2023
Fred Light Museum receives Canadian Red Cross war-time quilts
The Fred Light Museum in the town of Battleford recently received a donation of two Canadian Red Cross war-time quilts. The quilts will be displayed in its Veterans' Room and during the 2023 Honour Ou...
Apr 19, 2023
Edmonton zoo employee 'doing well' following Burmese python bite
EDMONTON - A zoo employee is recovering after she was bitten by a Burmese python Tuesday morning. Debi Winwood, a spokesperson for Edmonton Valley Zoo, says the woman received immediate first aid from...
Apr 19, 2023