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Parents of teen killed at B.C. school share grief, anger at sentencing hearing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of a 13-year-old girl who was murdered at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., says he doubts the killer will receive a fit sentence for the damage caused to his famil...
Jun 23, 2021
Differences Day promotes inclusion for kids with Special Olympics Canada benefiting
Four-year-old Emmanuel Tezera has spent most of the pandemic teaching his mother Sosena how to bowl, mimicking his favourite coaches from his Special Olympics program. Emmanuel Tezera joined the Speci...
Jun 23, 2021
Feds ask court to keep documents related to scientists' firing under wraps
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is asking the Federal Court to prohibit disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest-security laboratory. House of Commons Speake...
Jun 23, 2021
Alberta creates fund to locate and honour residential school site victims
The province has created an $8 million fund to help Alberta Indigenous communities to research undocumented deaths and reclaim and identify unmarked burial sites at residential schools. The province s...
Jun 23, 2021
Youth, experience has Canadiens on the cusp of Stanley Cup final
MONTREAL - Eric Staal wired a shot upstairs off a Nick Suzuki pass to give the Canadiens a 2-0 lead in Game 5. Emerging second-year star to grizzled veteran. Just over three minutes later, Corey Perry...
Jun 23, 2021
Watchdog calls rate of child sexual abuse in Nunavut a crisis
IQALUIT - Nunavut's representative for children and youth says the territory's high rate of child sexual abuse amounts to a crisis. Jane Bates testified this week before legislature members to discuss...
Jun 23, 2021
Mayor urges respect for others when masks are no longer required
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With the province moving into Stage 3 of its Open For Summer plan and lifting almost all of its public health restrictions as of July 1, masks will no longer be required in Medicine...
Jun 23, 2021
Witnesses: Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills more than 50
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday and killed at least 51 people, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked med...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed: minister
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says Ottawa is open to providing archival data on residential schools to the U.S. government to help with its recently announced investigation int...
Jun 23, 2021
Scale and speed of change needed to achieve 2030 climate goal a challenge, says PBO
OTTAWA - A new report from Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the speed at which change needs to happen for how people drive and heat buildings will make it tough for the Liberal government to...
Jun 23, 2021