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'Egregious' police tactics harming Black and Indigenous people: activist
Emerging evidence of violent police encounters shows some police tactics are "so egregious" that they're doing more harm than any possible good, says a Canadian activist. Sandy Hudson, a founder ...
Jun 12, 2020
Frustration grows with no apparent end in sight for Canada-U.S. border ban
WASHINGTON - Business groups and border communities that depend on traffic across the Canada-U.S. border are growing impatient with travel restrictions that appear poised to stretch into a fourth stra...
Jun 12, 2020
Rugby league looking at forgoing scrums and changing rules to make game safer
Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes "largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health situation."...
Jun 12, 2020
Warm and windy this weekend, showers and thunderstorms likely
A windy, unsettled, but warm weekend is in store for north-central and northeast Saskatchewan.Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang told northeastNOW the wind is coming up fro...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada rebuts UN Security Council critics as Champagne to NYC for final push
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is bound for New York City to join the final push for Canada's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Champagne ...
Jun 12, 2020
New York governor signs police accountability legislation
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing, includi...
Jun 12, 2020
Sun says JK Rowling article did not glorify domestic abuse
LONDON - The Sun newspaper said Friday it did not intend to "glorify'' domestic violence by giving a platform to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's ex-husband just days after she revealed she had been...
Jun 12, 2020
Feds, farmers, remain far apart over impact of carbon tax on grain growers
OTTAWA - The federal government says its analysis of the impact the carbon tax is having on grain farmers is based on numbers provided by the farmers themselves. But grain farmers are adaman...
Jun 12, 2020
CMHC re-assessing policies through a racialized lens to eliminate discrimination
OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it will re-assess all of its policies and practices through a racialized lens in an effort to eliminate discrimination. In a statement today, the federa...
Jun 12, 2020
Air travellers to be checked for fevers at Canadian airports: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says air travellers will need to have their temperatures checked before they're allowed to board planes. The measure is meant to keep COVID-19 from spreadin...
Jun 12, 2020