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Quebec Premier Legault won't meet election promise to offer pre-kindergarten
Quebec Premier Franois Legault is defending his government's failure to meet a key campaign promise to offer kindergarten classes beginning at four years old to all the province's children. Legault sa...
Feb 22, 2023

Trudeau says best way to close Roxham Road is to renegotiate refugee deal with U.S.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are no simple solutions to shutting down a rural road in southern Quebec used by thousands of asylum seekers to cross irregularly into Canada. His com...
Feb 22, 2023

Joly tells UN assembly Putin is losing grip on reality, a year after Ukraine invasion
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on reality, a year after his invasion of Ukraine. Canada is pushing the United Nations General As...
Feb 22, 2023

Haitian group asks Canada to condemn 'racism' in Dominican Republic deportations
OTTAWA - A group in Haiti that supports people sent home from the neighbouring Dominican Republic is calling on Canada to raise the alarm about accusations of inhumane and racist treatment. Violent ga...
Feb 22, 2023

Calgary Dinos focused on playoffs after capping season with 23-game winning streak
CALGARY - Centre Riley Stotts took a welcome break from studying for a geography exam this week to discuss the University of Calgary Dinos' record-breaking 23-game winning streak in Canada West men's ...
Feb 22, 2023

Manitoba's Jennifer Jones reaches playoffs at Tournament of Hearts
Manitoba's Jennifer Jones reached the playoffs at the Canadian women's curling championship Wednesday with a 7-6 win in an extra end over Casey Scheidegger's wild card team. Jones topped Pool B at 6-1...
Feb 22, 2023

International group asks to be given a chance on unmarked graves contract
OTTAWA - The head of an international organization Ottawa hired to give advice on identifying possible remains in unmarked graves at former residential schools says to give its coming work a chance. T...
Feb 22, 2023

'Incredibly premature' to consider drug decriminalization, Alberta police chiefs say
CALGARY - The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police says it believes, based on research it commissioned, that it would be "incredibly premature" to think about decriminalizing drugs. Instead, it say...
Feb 22, 2023

Judge to amend order restricting strike action in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - A Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge says he will amend an order restricting strike action in Yellowknife after mediation between lawyers representing the city and Public Service ...
Feb 22, 2023

Hockey Canada renews partnership with Sheldon Kennedy's Respect Group
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it has renewed and expanded a partnership with Respect Group, an advocacy organization co-founded by former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy. In a statement released Wednesday, ...
Feb 22, 2023

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