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Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses
TORONTO - Migrant care workers are increasingly being exploited during the pandemic, an advocacy group said Wednesday as it called on the federal government to bolster protections for the workers and ...
Oct 28, 2020
Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is seeking to pump enthusiasm back into the government's "supercluster" program following a report from the parliamentary spending watchdog that says the eff...
Oct 28, 2020
Report raises 'serious concerns' about progress on prison isolation units: minister
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair acknowledges that an independent report raises "serious concerns" about progress on implementing new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general j...
Oct 28, 2020
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not casting a ballot in U.S. election
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, whose dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship became an issue in last year's federal election, won't be casting a ballot in the upcoming American vote. ...
Oct 28, 2020
Fatality inquiry into slaying of Nova Scotia family delayed until next year
HALIFAX - Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficu...
Oct 28, 2020
Kirsch will serve fifth term as Batoche MLA
Sask. Party incumbent Delbert Kirsch will serve his fifth term as MLA, and is looking forward to the next four years. He won with 4,084 votes which is 2,448 more than NDP candidate Lon Borgerson with ...
Oct 28, 2020
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against UCP government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, province-wide general strikes.Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020
Advanced voting for P.A. election by drive-thru only
A very different form of advance voting for the 2020 municipal election in Prince Albert is now underway. It's being done by drive-thru only.There will be an opportunity over six days - between today ...
Oct 28, 2020
Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre now hosting virtual Table Talk
The Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre (HRNC) is hoping to reach its clients and the community with the new platform 'Table Talk.'Table Talk sessions are broadcast live on the HRNC Facebook page.Execut...
Oct 28, 2020