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Rapist and killer Paul Bernardo set to have parole hearing June 22
TORONTO - Convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo is set to have another parole hearing this month. The Parole Board of Canada says the hearing is tentatively scheduled for June 22. Bern...
Jun 02, 2021
Canadian IOC member Dick Pound says Olympics will go on, despite COVID concerns
TORONTO - Canadian lawyer and long-standing IOC member Dick Pound says if there was a drop-dead date for cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics, that day has passed. Pound reiterated a comment he...
Jun 02, 2021
More than 100 LGBTQ candidates compete in Mexican election
MEXICO CITY (AP) - For years, transgender activist Roshell Terranova protested in the streets and knocked on the doors of Mexico's Congress to make the demands of the country's LGBTQ community known. ...
Jun 02, 2021
Liberal minister calls on O'Toole to not allow free vote on his MP's abortion bill
OTTAWA - Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef is calling out Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole for allowing a bill on abortion from one of his members to move ahead. Parliamentarians are expected to ...
Jun 02, 2021
Ethics commissioner calls for suspension of Quebec economy minister over conflict
Quebec's ethics commissioner is recommending that Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon be suspended from the provincial legislature over an ongoing conflict of interest. Ariane Mignolet says in a report...
Jun 02, 2021
Women in Business to announce Inspire Award
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Women in Business will present its 2021 Inspire Award in an online ceremony this week. The award formally recognizes female community members who have gone above and beyond to mento...
Jun 02, 2021
Victims of military sexual trauma turned away from peer-support programs: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman says a recent investigation by her office has found victims of military sexual misconduct are being referred away from existing peer-support programs for service m...
Jun 02, 2021
National group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat is the first community in Canada to end chronic homelessness.In 2015, the city said it ended homelessness using a standard defined by the Medicine Hat Community Housing...
Jun 02, 2021
Indigenous Services minister wants Pope to apologize for Canada's residential schools
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Pope needs to issue an apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system. A papal apology was one of the ...
Jun 02, 2021
Joyce Echaquan coroner's inquiry comes to an end, community to march in her honour
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - The inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan has begun its last day of hearings, with lawyers making their final pleas to coroner Ghane Kamel. Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw m...
Jun 02, 2021