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Jolibois speaks out against Trudeau's 'brownface' controversy
Disappointing and disturbing are the words Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP MP Incumbent Georgina Jolibois used to describe recently released images and video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. T...
Sep 19, 2019 This photo was published Wednesday by Time. (Time Magazine/time.com)
Justin Trudeau's painful blackface past a teachable moment: observers
TORONTO - The image of a smiling Justin Trudeau in a turban and dark makeup is unquestionably offensive, but law professor and former Ontario human rights commissioner Errol Mendes says the ...
Sep 19, 2019
JPII off to hot volleyball season start, hope to build on four gold performance
It didn't take long for the athletics to shine through with the new school year at John Paul II Collegiate (JPII). Four of the school's volleyball teams are coming off a gold medal last weekend, momen...
Sep 19, 2019 The JPII Junior A girls team, pictured here with their gold medals last weekend. The team will hope to repeat the feat this weekend, as they head across town for a tournament at NBCHS. (submitted photo/Bruce Yockey) 
AP Source: GM's offer to UAW would add lower-paying jobs
DETROIT - A General Motors offer to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from joint ventures and suppliers for new plants that would pay workers less than the top union wage, a per...
Sep 19, 2019
Indigenous relay challenge forms team bonding
The Indigenous relay challenge is back for another year at the Prince Albert campus of Saskatchewan Polytechnic.Sask. Polytechnic students competed in a lighthearted event split into nine teams of 10 ...
Sep 19, 2019 The log cutting event of the Indigenous relay challenge at Prince Albert campus of Saskatchewan Polytechnic. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
From minstrel shows to campus firestorms, Canada's long history of blackface
Justin Trudeau's political fate hangs in the balance as a series of images of the Liberal leader wearing blackface and brownface have roiled the federal election campaign. The scandal has shocked many...
Sep 19, 2019
B.C. auditor says tighter expense rules, oversight needed at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says tighter rules on expenses for top officers at the legislature are needed following allegations of spending abuses made by Speaker Darryl Pl...
Sep 19, 2019
'Hard-headed' Mike Reilly becomes CFL's last quarterback standing
SURREY, B.C. - Amid a disappointing season for the B.C. Lions, Mike Reilly is accomplishing a feat unrivalled by his colleagues across the league - he's staying healthy. Due to a spate of injurie...
Sep 19, 2019
How did Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's blackface stay secret for so long?
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says deep embarrassment, as well as ignorance, led him to keep his memories of having darkened his skin to dress up as racial minorities, more than onc...
Sep 19, 2019
Producers beyond angry at A&W campaign involving Riders
A recent A&W advertisement filmed at the July 20 Saskatchewan Roughrider football game outside Mosaic Stadium raised the ire of some cattle producers who felt the burger chain was leveraging the b...
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