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Commons board finds MP Yasmin Ratansi broke rules by employing sister
OTTAWA - Independent MP Yasmin Ratansi is being ordered to repay the House of Commons money given to her sister after she lost her job in Ratansi's Toronto riding office. Ratansi left the Liberal cauc...
Mar 08, 2021
'Truth to power:' Lab was not enough for renowned scientist David Schindler
EDMONTON - His research in the lab and the field was published in some of the world's top journals, but that was never enough for David Schindler, who died Thursday at age 80. "The importance of David...
Mar 08, 2021
COVID-19 magnified systemic discrimination against Indigenous women: Bennett
OTTAWA - COVID-19 has magnified the effects of systemic discrimination against Indigenous women in Canada, said Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett at a virtual summit the federal gove...
Mar 08, 2021
Inuit group's board says no to proposed expansion of Nunavut iron ore mine
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An organization that represents Inuit in Nunavut's Baffin Island region says it will not back a proposed expansion of an iron ore mine near Pond Inlet. The Qikiqtani Inuit Associati...
Mar 08, 2021
User-generated content not a target of Broadcast Act changes, says heritage minister
OTTAWA - The minister responsible for making changes to Canada's broadcasting laws says legislation he introduced recently does not target user-generated online content.Heritage Minister Steven Guilbe...
Mar 08, 2021
Sajjan called to testify again in Commons probe of Forces misconduct claims
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government and Opposition Conservatives marked International Women's Day on Monday by trading barbs and accusations over reported threats against a senior naval officer who brough...
Mar 08, 2021
Pfizer first expected vaccine wouldn't be approved in Canada until February
OTTAWA - The president of Pfizer Canada says when the company signed a purchase agreement last August it didn't expect its COVID-19 vaccine to get approved here until February. Cole Pinnow also told t...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. issues advice to those fully vaccinated, but no shift in Canada yet
New U.S. guidelines say people fully inoculated against COVID-19 can drop some precautions when gathering with others, but at least two provincial health ministers say existing public health advice ho...
Mar 08, 2021
Rolling back progress for women should not be COVID-19's legacy: Trudeau
OTTAWA - A rollback of the progress women have made can't be a legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday as he virtually addressed an annual event aimed at getting mor...
Mar 08, 2021
Liberals told to think beyond child care in work to craft 'shecession' recovery plan
OTTAWA - Decades of job gains for women could vanish if Ottawa's plan to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic doesn't rethink federal skills programs and stimulus plans, experts said Monday.Low-income w...
Mar 08, 2021
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