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Basketball, music festival hang in balance in Saskatchewan teacher labour dispute
REGINA — Saskatchewan's escalating labour dispute with teachers has left a provincial basketball tournament hanging in the balance, with some students saying it's frustrating the adults can't play well together. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is planning a one-day provincewide walkout Wednesday — the same day the government is to introduce its 2024 budget. Teachers are also planning not to volunteer for extracurricular activities on Thursday and Friday, putting the popular high school bas
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Active spring wildfire season may be in store for B.C. as drought persists
VANCOUVER — British Columbia needs a drenching of rain to alleviate the tinder dry conditions that have forecasters worried about the potential for another difficult wildfire season. Cliff Chapman, director of operations for the BC Wildfire Service, said parts of the province need between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain over two weeks to return the parched ground to what he would consider a “neutral state.” Chapman said at a public briefing on Monday that droughts across parts of the province cont
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Canada won't shift foreign policy, Joly says as NDP calls for Palestine recognition
OTTAWA — Canada will continue to back a two-state solution between Israel and its Palestinian neighbours, but it's not about to change its foreign policy based on an NDP push to "officially recognize" the state of Palestine, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday. Joly staunchly defended the government's response to the Israel-Hamas war as MPs in the House of Commons debated a New Democrat motion calling on the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood. Working toward a path to a la
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MPs pay tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, lion of Canadian politics
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament paid tribute Monday to the late Brian Mulroney, whom they lauded as a lion of Canadian politics, a down-to-earth spirit and, above all else, a family man. They stood in solemn reflection in the House of Commons in remembrance of the former prime minister of Canada who died last month. As his wife Mila and their children Nicholas, Mark, Ben and Caroline looked on from the gallery above, leaders and MPs across the partisan spectrum expressed fond memories and admirat
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Quebec anti-corruption police arrest retired judge, say he inflated hours worked
MONTREAL — Quebec anti-corruption police say they have arrested a retired municipal court judge for fraud. Police say Jean Herbert, who sat on the municipal court in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal, created fake records to inflate the time he claimed to have spent hearing cases. He is alleged to have billed the City of Longueuil more than $38,000 for hours he didn't work between July 2016 and March 2019. Quebec's judicial council, the Conseil de la magistrature, ruled in 2022 that the judge h
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Feds appeal decision requiring action on 'appalling' level of judicial vacancies
OTTAWA — The federal government is challenging a court decision directing it to step up the pace of judicial appointments to address an "untenable" number of vacancies. In a notice of appeal, the government says the Federal Court overstepped its constitutionally limited role and acted without jurisdiction. In a February decision, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown said constitutional convention requires Ottawa to appoint a new judge within a reasonable time of a vacancy. The government is asking
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'This tragedy has shaken me': Ottawa father of slain family thanks public for support
OTTAWA — The surviving father of an attack that Ottawa's mayor has called one of the city's worst cases of mass violence is thanking the public for its support. Dhanushka Wickramasinghe released his first public statement though police after hundreds gathered at a convention centre Sunday to mourn his family. Police found his 35-year-old wife Dharshini Ekanyake, their four children and a family friend dead inside their Barrhaven townhouse on March 6. The father, who was taken to hospital that ni
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