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Muslim group wants direct action, more data on hate crimes to understand spike
A council member of the Muslim Association of Canada says thoughts and prayers are not enough. Rania Lawendy says government leaders need to take direct action instead of simply expressing condolences...
Jun 08, 2021
Kemper apologizes for role with group that had racist past
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Actress Ellie Kemper has apologized for participating in a debutante ball hosted by a St. Louis organization that she now says had "an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past."...
Jun 08, 2021
'You didn't get the best of me': Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate
CALGARY - Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen in southern Alberta. "M...
Jun 08, 2021
Health Canada regulates UV, ozone devices it says could pose risk to people
OTTAWA - Health Minister Patty Hajdu is regulating UV-emitting and ozone-producing cleaning devices she says pose a significant risk to Canadians and don't live up to their claims that they can help k...
Jun 08, 2021
Nunavut passes bill to create civilian oversight of police in territory
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Members of Nunavut's legislative assembly voted to pass a bill Monday night that will change the way police oversight works in the territory. The bill amends the Royal Canadian Moun...
Jun 08, 2021
Man charged with murder of boy in road-rage shooting
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California man has been charged with murder and shooting at an occupied vehicle in a road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy last month on a freeway. Orange...
Jun 08, 2021
Minto Cup, Canada's junior A lacrosse championship, cancelled for 2021 season
OTTAWA - The Minto Cup, Canada's junior A lacrosse championship, has been cancelled for 2021. Lacrosse Canada announced the cancellation on Tuesday, a month after the national body shelved 10 other ch...
Jun 08, 2021
New Democrat MP tables private bill, wants federal assessment of coal projects
OTTAWA - Alberta's lone New Democrat member of Parliament is asking Ottawa to require that all coal-mining proposals go through a full federal environmental assessment. Heather McPherson says her priv...
Jun 08, 2021
Despite economic reopening, students still worry about lack of summer work
OTTAWA - Students say the summer jobs market remains tight despite plans to reopen economic activity, raising concerns about the ability to earn enough to help cover tuition in the fall. Marley Gillie...
Jun 08, 2021
Wells Gray killer asks to delay parole hearing, will request day parole
BOWDEN, ALBERTA - The family of the victims of one of B.C.' most horrendous mass murders says the killer will be asking for day parole later this year. In 1982 near Wells Gray Provincial Park, David S...
Jun 08, 2021