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Long-awaited victims' rights for military coming into effect in June
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says long-awaited rights for victims of military-related crimes will come into effect in June. Yet senior legal officers say in an update today progress in a number ...
Mar 30, 2022
B.C.'s UN Indigenous rights plan commits to changing history through actions
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a five-year action plan towards implementing its law on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The government's rep...
Mar 30, 2022
Mighty Carleton will need to walk humble road back to U Sports glory
The Carleton University men's basketball team is on a mission to, once again, prove itself as the best hoops program in the country - regardless of the road it must take. "We're about winning national...
Mar 30, 2022
Feds looking to protect carbon price with legislation or compensation
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the government wants to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road. The new emissions reductio...
Mar 30, 2022
RCMP's bias-free policing policy inadequate: Mountie watchdog
OTTAWA - The civilian watchdog agency that oversees the RCMP says the Mounties' bias-free policing policy is inadequate and unclear. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission's report released tod...
Mar 30, 2022
Government working to find out which Ukrainians coming to Canada need most help
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada will extend some settlement services to fleeing Ukrainians, but they will not receive all of the same supports as typical refugees. Many Ukrainian...
Mar 30, 2022
Building national monument honouring residential school students to take five years
Ottawa is eyeing a five-year timeline to build a national monument to honour children who suffered its residential schools system. Construction of a memorial in the national capital was listed as one ...
Mar 30, 2022
Police: 12-year-old killed by younger brother who found gun
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A 10-year-old boy fatally shot his 12-year-old brother as the two played with a gun they found inside a St. Louis home, police said. The shooting happened Tuesday night in a north St....
Mar 30, 2022
Food Bank in need of donations
The local food bank is in need of more donations of non-perishable food items.Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre executive director Erin Katerynych said many of the shelves are nearly bare,...
Mar 30, 2022
Three-time national champ and Olympian Lisa Weagle to focus on mixed doubles
Three-time national champion Lisa Weagle plans to step back from women's team curling next season to focus on the mixed doubles discipline. Weagle, who represented Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games...
Mar 30, 2022