Manitoba The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today, with the new rates ranging from $15 an hour to $17.20. Nunavut has highest minimum wage in Canada at $19 The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 01, 2024 9:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago Minimum wage earners in four provinces get…
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumour. The…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada is poised to see significant growth in Indigenous-related project financing, international credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS said Monday. In a report released on the fourth annual national day for Truth and Reconciliation, the credit rating agency said Indigenous-related capital markets activity is on a steady upward…
Whether the words are spoken inside or outside the building’s walls, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has been a home to difficult conversations for a decade — the Winnipeg landmark celebrated its 10th anniversary last week. “It’s given us a time to look back on the decade behind us, to realize we’ve been on…
New Rachel Homan’s curling team has won the PointsBet Invitational women’s title for a second straight year. Homan defeated Kayla Skrlik 8-3 in Calgary’s WinSport Arena. Homan’s foursome swept all 4 of their games in single-knockout event The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 29, 2024 2:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago Rachel…
Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Redlicks Lake near the village of Lang, south of Regina, is the NDP leader’s favourite place to get away and…
A jurisdictional battle between Ottawa and Ontario over funding for a new elders home in a northern First Nation could leave dozens of residential school survivors separated from their families and community a second time, says the First Nation’s chief. The long-term care licence for the facility at Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, about 550 km northwest of Toronto…
Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner said he was “very disappointed and also surprised” after a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Montreal-based body known as WADA announced Saturday that it is seeking a ban of one to two years for the U.S….
The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one elected in 2015 promising to foster new paths and nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous Peoples, the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations said as they look ahead to the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday. “Our reconciliation moment that…
Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad. Ruohui Yang is one of those students. He said he came to Canada in 2015 when he was 15 years old because his parents wanted…
