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Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election features an increase of racialized immigrant candidates, which an expert says makes strategic sense. In the 2020 provincial elections, the NDP ran many racialized immigrant candidates in Saskatoon and Regina. This time the Sask. Party has 13 such candidates to the NDP’s three. Those numbers don’t include Indigenous candidates on either side; only candidates who immigrated to…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 24, 2024 2:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s Health Department says it will be ready to meet the expected demand for advanced applications for medical assistance in dying when it begins accepting those requests next week. Dr. Stéphane Bergeron, an…

Curling is a sport marked more by its politeness than its competitiveness, but in 2015, a seemingly simple change to a piece of equipment set off an uproar that still cuts deep for many in the sport. It was called Broomgate, and as a competitive curler, I found myself in the middle of it. I was one of…

Ukraine will receive $50 billion in loans, backed by frozen Russian assets, from Group of Seven allies, the White House said Wednesday. Distribution of the money will begin by year’s end, according to American officials who said the United States is providing $20 billion of the total. Leaders of the wealthy democracies agreed earlier this…

There’ll soon be a new Indigenous astronomy show at McMaster University’s planetarium, but the story it tells is an old one. “This is our knowledge that has been in this country for thousands of years,” Thomas Deer, one of the program’s creators said. He told CBC Hamilton he’s been pushing to share Indigenous stories about…

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 22, 2024 2:58 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man who died trying to save three people trapped by floodwaters is among eight Nova Scotians awarded the province’s Medal of Bravery. On July 22, 2023, Nicholas Holland, 52, and three…

Since at least September, there’s been an open question as to whether the Ontario New Democratic Party might bring Independent Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama back into the fold.  Today, party leader Marit Stiles said the NDP is planning to run a candidate in Jama’s Hamilton-Centre riding, but, “as far as I know — and I’m…

The head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is facing scrutiny from members of a House of Commons committee for her roughly $6,000 worth of travel and hotel expenses at the Paris Olympics this past summer. Catherine Tait, CBC president and chief executive officer, was pressed by MPs on the standing committee on Canadian heritage on…

A woman who was missing after her home was washed away in a mudslide in Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday has been found dead, police say. Coquitlam RCMP said a search and rescue crew found the body of the 57-year-old woman on Sunday evening.  “This is a deeply tragic outcome and our thoughts are with the victim’s family…

Various frozen waffle products sold in Canada and the U.S. have been recalled after testing revealed possible listeria bacteria contamination at a manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ont. TreeHouse Foods, a multinational food-processing company, announced the voluntary recall of hundreds of its frozen waffle products on Friday. TreeHouse Foods did not say what stores in Canada…