Category Archives: Canada

Oilers 50/50 raffle delayed as team resolves errors, offers refunds
EDMONTON - A record-setting Edmonton Oilers 50/50 draw won't have a winner for several more days as officials work out problems with the online raffle. The community foundation says in a news rel...
Aug 10, 2020

'Clear work to do:' Lawyer named new head of embattled human rights museum
WINNIPEG - Isha Khan has spent her career upholding human rights. The Winnipeg lawyer may now be facing her most public battle as she takes the helm of a museum under fire for allegations of...
Aug 10, 2020

Quebec education minister to unveil updated COVID-19 back-to-school plan
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is set to unveil its COVID-19 strategy for a return to class today as schools prepare to reopen in less than a month. Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge has...
Aug 10, 2020

Liberals turn over thousands of pages on WE decision
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has turned over thousands of pages of documents related to the WE controversy to a House of Commons' committee, which lawyers are now vetting for personal infor...
Aug 09, 2020

Liberals turn over thousands of pages on WE decision
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has turned over thousands of pages of documents related to the WE controversy to a House of Commons' committee, which lawyers are now vetting for personal infor...
Aug 09, 2020

'Do our lives count for less?': COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid
Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because...
Aug 09, 2020

Who can dismiss the Governor General? A look at protocols and possibilities
OTTAWA - With Gov. Gen. Julie Payette finding herself the focus of intensifying public scrutiny following reports about expensive personal renovations at Rideau Hall ...
Aug 09, 2020

'Do our lives count for less?': COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid
Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because...
Aug 09, 2020

Parents, teachers press Quebec to revise back-to-school plan amid COVID-19
MONTREAL - For Politimi Karounis, August is usually spent buying new backpacks, pencils and notebooks for her two elementary school-aged children as they excitedly prepare to reunite with friends and ...
Aug 09, 2020

Black Nova Scotia man 'overjoyed' as struggle for land title moves forward
HALIFAX - Christopher Downey finished building his home in 2002 on a parcel of land in North Preston, N.S., that has been in his family for generations. But it was only in late July tha...
Aug 09, 2020