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Echaquan's care at Quebec hospital should have been taken more seriously: head nurse
MONTREAL - The head nurse at a Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a coroner's inquest today the Indigenous patient's care should have been taken more seriously. Echaquan, a ...
May 27, 2021

White House dismisses report that U.S. wants border with Canada reopened next month
WASHINGTON - The White House says no decision has been made about when or how to reopen the border between Canada and the United States. Press secretary Jen Psaki was asked today about a media report ...
May 27, 2021

US tells Russia it won't rejoin Open Skies arms control pact
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders. U.S...
May 27, 2021

Toronto FC says Alejandro Pozuelo could return from injury Saturday in Columbus
After missing Toronto FC's first 10 games through injury, it appears Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is finally ready for liftoff this weekend. The reigning MLS MVP has been sidelined since injuri...
May 27, 2021

Right whale protection: Conservation group calls for mandatory speed limits for ships
HALIFAX - An ocean conservation group trying to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales says it wants mandatory speed limits in the Cabot Strait. Oceana Canada says new satellite data indicates...
May 27, 2021

N.S. Mi'kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys Bay
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - A Mi'kmaq community is scaling down plans for a lobster harvest in southwestern Nova Scotia next week, after Ottawa threatened to pull traps that aren't licensed by the Fisheries ...
May 27, 2021

Mohawk man files rights complaint against Quebec hospital over alleged mistreatment
KANESATAKE - A Mohawk man and his wife are filing a human rights complaint against a Quebec hospital after the elderly man was allegedly discharged from the facility wearing barely any clothes. Winsto...
May 27, 2021

Canada coach Bev Priestman names roster for June friendlies against Czechs, Brazil
Kailen Sheridan, Sabrina D'Angelo, Adriana Leon and Bianca St-Georges have won their injury battle and will be in camp with Canada for international women's soccer friendlies next month against the Cz...
May 27, 2021

Lightning strike determined cause of Cloverdale Fire
A lightning strike has been confirmed as the cause of the Cloverdale Fire on the outskirts of Prince Albert.Investigators from the Ministry of Environment, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency and the Ci...
May 27, 2021

Saskatchewan RCMP holding eagle feathers to strengthen Indigenous connections
RCMP detachments across the province are in possession of eagle feathers which are meant to enhance relationships between enforcement and their respective Indigenous communities. Last Spring, the Gove...
May 27, 2021