Murray Sinclair honoured with Order of Canada at Rideau Hall ceremony
OTTAWA — Murray Sinclair received the Order of Canada Thursday for dedicating his life to championing Indigenous Peoples' rights and freedoms. Sinclair held his wife's hand as the award was announced in Rideau Hall, and was met with a standing ovation
Canada’s big banks treat Indigenous, visible minority customers unequally: watchdog
Pressure sales tactics. Ill-fitted suggestions. Misleading information. Visible minority and Indigenous customers at Canada’s big banks more often received inappropriate treatment from sales staff, part of a wider trend of "concerning" interactions bet...
Newfoundland and Labrador cuts gas tax, promises $15 minimum wage by Oct. 1, 2023
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — In a bid to temper the rising cost of living, the Newfoundland and Labrador government is temporarily cutting the provincial gas tax in half and promising a minimum wage of $15 an hour by October 2023. Premier
Spain: Parliament backs “Only yes means yes” consent bill
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s parliament voted Thursday to approve a bill that makes consent a key determinant in sexual assault cases, freeing victims of having to prove that violence or intimidation was used against them.
329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned
BOSTON (AP) — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth
Gunman entered Texas school unimpeded, police say as questions swirl about response
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials described in chilling detail Thursday the time it took for tactical officers to finally gun down an 18-year-old attacker after he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in sma...
Former B.C. legislature clerk to be sentenced July 4 for $1,900 in misspending
VANCOUVER — A former clerk of the B.C. legislature is set to be sentenced on July 4 after he was found guilty of fraud and breach of trust. The fraud charge against Craig James was stayed last week because it was
West mulls having Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions
BERLIN (AP) — Western allies are considering whether to allow Russian oligarchs to buy their way out of sanctions and using the money to rebuild Ukraine, according to government officials familiar with the matter.
Texas shooting is new test for Biden’s long battle over guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden, then the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, surveyed the collection of black, military-style rifles on display in the middle of the room as he denounced the sale of guns whose “only real function is
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult question...
