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Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out stand...
Sep 29, 2024
Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot
SHELLBROOK, Sask. - Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out - literally. On this recent fall day, Moe stands among the seats at his...
Sep 29, 2024
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024
Bloc pension demands at odds with Liberal political strategy, economic plans
OTTAWA - The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Qubcois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the stipulation may be at odds with th...
Sep 29, 2024
Pope wraps troubled visit to Belgium by praising courage of victims, demanding abusers be judged
BRUSSELS (AP) - Pope Francis demanded Sunday that priestly sexual abusers be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by praising the courage of s...
Sep 29, 2024
Israel says it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike. The military said Sunday that it killed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Ce...
Sep 29, 2024
Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing. Police on Sunday morning warned the death toll was expected ...
Sep 28, 2024
Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100 people, with dozens still missing. Police said the death toll hit 100 on Sunday morning, adding it...
Sep 28, 2024
Whitecaps tie Timbers 1-1, clinch playoff berth
VANCOUVER - Attacker Brian White scored early and the Vancouver Whitecaps used a 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers to clinch a Major League Soccer playoff berth Saturday night. White scored in the th...
Sep 28, 2024