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Toronto Labour Day parade highlights how Gen Z is revitalizing the workers' movement
TORONTO - Chants, horns, drums, pop music and even bagpipes filled the air in downtown Toronto today for the return of the annual Labour Day parade. Hundreds of workers and dozens of unions showed up ...
Sep 05, 2022

New Orleans political patriarch Moon Landrieu has died
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - Former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu - whose early, lonely stand against segregationists in the Louisiana legislature launched a political career at the forefront of sweeping...
Sep 05, 2022

Defenceman Erik Brannstrom re-signs with Ottawa Senators after career season
OTTAWA - Defenceman Erik Brannstrom has signed a one-year deal with the Ottawa Senators. The US$900,000 contract is for the 2022-23 season. Brannstrom, 23, hit new career highs in assists (14), points...
Sep 05, 2022

Judge grants Trump bid for special master in document search
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Monday granted a request by former President Donald Trump's legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home last...
Sep 05, 2022

Former TFC defender savours U.S. Open Cup run with second-tier Sacramento Republic FC
Todd Dunivant won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2005 as a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy. After a 17-year wait, the former Toronto FC defender has another crack at hoisting the historic trophy - t...
Sep 05, 2022

Weldon residents still in shock over Sunday’s horrific events
Weldon resident Diane Shier is trying to piece together what happened in her community Sunday.Weldon and the James Smith Cree Nation were the two areas where a stabbing spree took place involving two ...
Sep 05, 2022

Iqaluit water issues a matter of Arctic security, Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's capital was able to avert a water-shortage crisis last week, but the member of Parliament for the territory says infrastructure in the North is an issue of Arctic security...
Sep 05, 2022

Israeli army: 'High possibility' soldier killed reporter
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army said Monday there was a "high possibility" that a soldier killed a well-known Al Jazeera journalist in May, as it announced the results of its investigation into the ...
Sep 05, 2022

Health-care labour shortage a long time coming, requires shift to team-based care
OTTAWA - Nearly two and a half years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the staffing conundrum initially driven by high infection rates has evolved into an acute labour challenge. Herb Emery, t...
Sep 05, 2022

March honours 100-year anniversary of Chinese student school strike over segregation
VICTORIA - The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not ...
Sep 05, 2022