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Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has issued a major racial profiling ruling today, invalidating laws that allow police to randomly pull over drivers for traffic stops. Justice Michel Yergeau r...
Oct 25, 2022
Alfredsson says Hockey Hall of Fame induction a "validation" of career with Senators
OTTAWA - When Daniel Alfredsson arrived in Ottawa in the fall of 1995, that 22-year-old would have never believed he'd one day find himself in the Hockey Hall of Fame. At that time the young Swede was...
Oct 25, 2022
Major League Rugby loses franchises in Austin and L.A. for 2023 season
Major League Rugby, home to the Toronto Arrows, will play the 2023 season without the Austin Gilgronis and the Los Angeles Giltinis. The league cited the uncertainties surrounding the Austin and Los A...
Oct 25, 2022
Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy
Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation. The strategy is based on the Unite...
Oct 25, 2022
Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy
Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation. The strategy is based on the Unite...
Oct 25, 2022
'Shame!:' Nanaimo council meeting paused after proposed East Wellington data centre ruckus
NANAIMO - A relatively routine zoning change from City Council devolved into open shouting and cries of "shame" from some in the gallery.Councillors gave third reading to a bylaw which would see zonin...
Oct 25, 2022
Alberta premier Danielle Smith calls for new arena in Calgary
CALGARY - Alberta's premier has stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL's Flames and wants the province to get involved. Danielle Smith said in a statement Tuesday that the 39-y...
Oct 25, 2022
Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone
HALIFAX - An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investiga...
Oct 25, 2022
Mendicino says email from Lucki doesn't mean Emergencies Act was unnecessary
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is brushing off concerns about an email sent to his office from the RCMP commissioner just hours before the government invoked the Emergencies Act last ...
Oct 25, 2022
Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan named to NWSL Best XI all-star team
Canadian international goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan has been named to the 2022 National Women's Soccer League Best XI First Team. The 27-year-old from Whitby, Ont., who plays for the San Diego Wave, sto...
Oct 25, 2022