Jaswinder Singh Dilawari

Alberta’s transgender ban in women’s sports exempts visiting out-of-province athletes

Alberta is rolling out new regulations this fall banning transgender athletes from playing women’s sports, but the province will still welcome out-of-province transgender competitors. Tourism and Sport Minister Andrew Boitchenko said the discrepancy is out of his hands. “We don’t have authority to regulate athletes from different jurisdictions,” he said in an interview. In a…

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Toronto BIA warns business owners of ‘point of sale’ scam after thousands of dollars in thefts

Multiple businesses in Toronto’s east end say they are out thousands of dollars after so-called “point of sale”, or POS, scam thefts. The thefts have prompted the area’s BIA to warn business owners about the vulnerabilities of POS terminals. Lori Van Soelen, manager of the Beach BIA says she first learned of POS thefts in the area…

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American star Lyles wins 200m in outdoor season debut at Diamond League Monaco

American Noah Lyles made an impressive season debut in the 200 metres to beat Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday, where Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi outclassed a high-class 800m field. An injury-hampered campaign had raised doubts over three-times world 200m champion Lyles’s chances of defending his title in Tokyo in September, but…

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In-custody death prompts calls to change relationship between RCMP, Indigenous people

The family of a man who died in Saskatchewan RCMP custody is demanding answers and changes to how Indigenous people are held by police.  Last month, Gerald Straightnose, a 61-year-old from Keeseekoose First Nation, died in the cells of the RCMP detachment in Kamsack, Sask., just over 225 kilometres northeast of Regina. The Serious Incident Response Team, Saskatchewan’s police watchdog,…

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