Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Winnipeg high school football player who sustained spinal injury in game has died
WINNIPEG - A high school football player who sustained a severe spinal injury in a game earlier this month died in hospital Wednesday night, the Winnipeg School Division said Thursday. "It is with dee...
Oct 30, 2025
Nova Scotia establishes 25-member advisory committee on gender-based violence
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has established a 25-member committee to advise the government on how to prevent gender-based violence. Leah Martin, minister responsible for the Advisory Council ...
Oct 30, 2025
Elections BC seeks to lengthen campaigns by three days, warns about child donors
VICTORIA - Elections BC says British Columbia should extend the campaign period for fixed-date elections and byelections by having "writ day" and the close of nominations occur on Wednesdays instead o...
Oct 30, 2025
Quebec government adopts secularism bill forcing students to uncover faces
QUBEC - The Quebec government has passed a law extending the province's ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools. The law also prohibits students from wearing face c...
Oct 30, 2025
Chief of defence staff offers apology for military's history of racial discrimination
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's military formally apologized Thursday to the Canadian Armed Forces for the service's history of racist discrimination and vowed to improve the situation for racialized CA...
Oct 30, 2025
Five things you may not know about the 1995 Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - The 1995 referendum on independence took place 30 years ago on Thursday, when a razor-thin majority of Quebecers voted to stay in Canada. After a dramatic campaign during which the sovereig...
Oct 30, 2025
Ottawa's new climate strategy being developed 'behind closed doors,' AFN says
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...
Oct 30, 2025
Canada's Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that hackers with an activist agenda have been tampering with online systems that control water, energy and agricultural facilities. An alert sent...
Oct 30, 2025
Federal government has spent more than $15M fighting Black class-action lawsuit
OTTAWA - The federal government has spent more than $15 million fighting a class-action lawsuit filed by Black public servants, documents filed in Parliament show. A document prepared by the Departmen...
Oct 30, 2025
Councillor says $100M project denied loan over Cowichan case, bank says not a factor
A Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of uncertainty over their site due to the Cowichan Tribes A...
Oct 30, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...
