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Organizations sound alarm as gender equality department faces 81% budget cut
OTTAWA - Organizations working to advancing gender equality are sounding the alarm as the federal department for women and gender equality, WAGE, faces a budget cut of just over 80 per cent. As outlin...
Jul 30, 2025
Islamophobia envoy says Mideast war is bringing back anti-Muslim tropes from 9/11
OTTAWA - Ottawa's special representative on combating Islamophobia says she's alarmed by a recent revival of decades-old tropes about Muslims supporting terrorist violence. Amira Elghawaby also said C...
Jul 30, 2025
Colorado loans Canadian winger Kimani Stewart-Baynes to Lexington of USL Championship
COMMERCE CITY - The Colorado Rapids have loaned Canadian winger Kimani Stewart-Baynes to Lexington SC of the USL Championship for the remainder of the 2025 season. Colorado took Stewart-Baynes fourth ...
Jul 30, 2025
Roughriders quarterback Harris, Stampeders defensive back Webb earn July CFL honours
TORONTO - Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris and Calgary Stampeders defensive back Damon Webb earned top honours for July in the CFL's honour roll announced Wednesday. Harris was the t...
Jul 30, 2025
Diabetes Canada calls for federal government to reset pharmacare program
OTTAWA - Advocates for people with diabetes want the federal government to restructure what they see as a flawed pharmacare program. Glenn Thibeault, executive director of government affairs with Diab...
Jul 30, 2025
Crown attorneys' group accuses politicians, media of 'attacks' on justice system
OTTAWA - The president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association says "attacks" launched by "politicians, media and members of the public" in response to two high-profile criminal cases amount to "a...
Jul 30, 2025
Former diplomats call for arms embargo on Israel, recognition of Palestinian state
OTTAWA - Dozens of former senior Canadian diplomats are calling on Ottawa to recognize a Palestinian state, saying Israel's conduct in the West Bank and Gaza violates Canadian interests and values. In...
Jul 30, 2025
Former Canada coach said she feared for her safety after Olympic drone-spying scandal
WELLINGTON - Bev Priestman says she didn't leave her house in Canada for a month in the wake of the Paris Olympic drone-spying scandal. "For me I didn't feel safe, that's being brutally honest," said ...
Jul 30, 2025
Lion's Park amenities reopening during playground construction
The spray park at Lion's Park is open for the rest of the summer. The spray park has reopened today (Wednesday, July 30), ahead of schedule, following the City of Grande Prairie's previous announcemen...
Jul 30, 2025
Grand jury indicts dad of slain Montreal girl for murder, accused pleads not guilty
ELIZABETHTOWN - A grand jury has indicted the father of a nine-year-old Montreal girl found dead in New York state for murder. Luciano Frattolin appeared before Judge Tatiana Coffinger today in Elizab...
Jul 30, 2025