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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
Canada encouraging Iran to ship black boxes to France as soon as possible
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada is eager for Iran to follow through on a new pledge to send the black boxes from the downed Ukraine Airlines jetliner to France. After more than tw...
Jun 12, 2020
Fed: Will use 'full range of tools' to boost economy
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has promised to use its "full range of tools" to pull the country out of a deep recession caused by a global pandemic, signalling that it would keep interest rates low...
Jun 12, 2020
Scheer wants Champagne, Trudeau to explain minister's two Chinese mortgages
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne to explain how his holding two mortgages with a Chinese bank doesn't compromise his ability to dea...
Jun 12, 2020
Canadian Jeff Smith hopes to be involved when live darts returns in July
Add darts to the list of sports returning to live action. The Professional Darts Corporation announced Friday that live darts will return next month with the launch of the PDC Summer Series in England...
Jun 12, 2020
Montreal police officer charged with sexual assault against Ontario woman
MONTREAL - An Ontario woman visiting Montreal last year says she was arrested, injured by police and then, hours later, sexually assaulted by an off-duty officer in her hotel room. The woman, who...
Jun 12, 2020
"They got a decent team up there" - Nurse says Raptors in same position as last year
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet will never forget the victorious bus ride back to the hotel from Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. Kyle Lowry did DJ duties, and kept hitting repeat on Queen anthem "We are ...
Jun 12, 2020
Rod McCorriston named Saskatchewan NDP’s nominee for Carrot River Valley
A former Tisdale resident is returning home to potentially become the area's Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Rod McCorriston was officially unveiled as the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party'...
Jun 12, 2020
Supreme Court sides with B.C.'s francophone school board over education rights
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with British Columbia's francophone school board - at least in part - in a dispute over French-language education in the province. The cas...
Jun 12, 2020