‘There was no murder’: British nurse Lucy Letby wrongly convicted, says Canadian doctor

Canadian doctors are leading a group of international medical experts who believe that Britain’s most prolific child killer of modern times may have been wrongly convicted.  Lucy Letby, the former neonatal nurse, was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to murder seven others. The deaths…

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Pushing to uplift Indigenous youth, artist voices in Saskatchewan

For Saskatchewan artist Shawn Cuthand, uplifting Indigenous voices is a calling. Cuthand is a nehiyaw (Cree) and Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) writer, comedian, producer, actor and director. This week he begins his time as the University of Saskatchewan’s Indigenous storyteller-in-residence. “I would just like to encourage students that if they want to get into the entertainment business…

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From oranges to booze, here’s where a trade war with the U.S. will hurt Canadians in their wallets

You might have whiplash if you’ve been following the trade war this week. After weeks of threats, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he was officially slapping a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all Canadian goods and a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy. In retaliation, Canada said it would start by applying a 25 per cent…

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Auger-Aliassime outlasts American Kovacevic to capture Montpellier Open in tiebreaker

A solid serve and patience helped Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime earn his second men’s tennis title of the season. The second-seeded Canadian defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2) to win the Open Occitanie tournament Sunday in Montpellier, France. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal registered 19 aces and also won 78 per cent of his first serves…

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More women are choosing a career in agriculture — and changing the industry from the inside

When Penny Miller was growing up on her family’s cow-calf ranch in Athabasca, Alta., her father, who also worked in forestry, and her two older brothers were regularly called away to off-ranch jobs.  As a result, keeping the operation running was a responsibility often left to 10-year-old Penny and her mother, a task that proved…

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Canada announces launch date for new permanent residence pathways for home care workers

mmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that new immigration pilots for home care workers will open on March 31, 2025. These new pilots are referred to collectively by IRCC as Canada’s “Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots”. These pilot programs will replace the previous permanent residence (PR) pathways for caregivers, which have expired. Home…

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