Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Ian Ross, 57, ‘left a lot of love behind’: artistic director

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Manitoba’s theatre community is mourning the sudden death of Ian Ross, a well-known Métis-Ojibway playwright, storyteller and educator who died Wednesday at the age of 57. “It’s a massive, massive loss for…

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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges

The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills from legal challenges that affects transgender youth and adults. Premier Danielle Smith said at a news conference on Monday that three ongoing legal challenges to gender policies in health care and education could take years to…

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Canadian first baseman Josh Naylor agrees to 5-year contract with Mariners

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Canadian first baseman Josh Naylor and the Seattle Mariners finalized a five-year contract on Monday. The 28-year-old Naylor, from Burlington, Ont., became a free agent following a season in which the Mariners…

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Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay Railway get $51M in provincial money toward improvements

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Manitoba is putting up $51 million in new funding to help upgrade the Hudson Bay Railway line as federal and provincial government officials met in Winnipeg Sunday to work toward the possibility…

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