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Former CFL star running back named next chancellor at University of Calgary
CALGARY - The University of Calgary named former CFL player Jon Cornish as its 15th chancellor-elect Friday. The 37-year-old native of New Westminster, B.C., will begin his four-year term July 1. He w...
Apr 22, 2022
Sharpton demands name of Michigan officer who killed Lyoya
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot i...
Apr 22, 2022
Mary Simon reflects on loss of Indigenous languages at event launching UN decade
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she wants to see the language of Inuktitut not just survive, but grow. The Inuk leader, who became the first Indigenous person in Canada appointed to the role last y...
Apr 22, 2022
More cars, SUVs to qualify for electric vehicle rebates as feds expand program
OTTAWA - More electric vehicles will be eligible for rebates as the federal government raises the maximum qualifying price starting next week. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says as of Monday, cars ...
Apr 22, 2022
Quick facts about Montreal Canadiens legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur
Montreal Canadiens legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur died at age 70. Here is a quick look at the iconic scoring star who led the Canadiens to five Stanley Cup titles: Nicknames: The Flower, ...
Apr 22, 2022
Swath of boreal forest twice the size of Toronto to be protected in northern Ontario
OTTAWA - The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450 squa...
Apr 22, 2022
Hudson's Bay Company calls donation of Winnipeg building an act of reconciliation
Hudson's Bay Co., North America's oldest company with fur trading roots entwined with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, is calling the donation of its landmark Winnipeg building to a First Nations group an...
Apr 22, 2022
Government data suggests First Nations hit more often with CERB repayment letters
Vivian Ketchum applied for emergency aid during the first wave of the pandemic when she was forced to isolate after being a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19. As someone who is...
Apr 22, 2022
As the Bay store in Winnipeg gets a new life, here are some moments from its past
WINNIPEG - The iconic Hudson's Bay Co. building in downtown Winnipeg is to get a new life with a transfer to Indigenous leadership. Here is some background about the historical six-storey, 60,000-squa...
Apr 22, 2022
Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33, Taliban say
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school. Zabi...
Apr 22, 2022