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Native American teens stopped on college tour urge changes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour earlier this year has demanded the school make policy changes, saying Thursday that campus...
Sep 20, 2018
Canada's Beckie Scott says WADA decision "disappointing beyond measure"
Athletes, investigators, anti-doping officials and national sport committees all knew that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s reinstatement from a doping scandal suspension was likely coming. It d...
Sep 20, 2018
Top court clears way for suing police; men waited until criminal charges over
TORONTO - Canada’s top court has paved the way for a pair of separate civil lawsuits to proceed by affirming earlier rulings that two men alleging police assaulted them were justified in waiting...
Sep 20, 2018
Ontario government moves to scrap Green Energy Act
TORONTO - Months after cancelling hundreds of renewable energy contracts, the Ontario government introduced legislation Thursday to scrap a law that aimed to bolster the province’s green energy ...
Sep 20, 2018
Local municipalities challenged to sign water quality protection charter
A group concerned about source water quality protection is urging municipalities along the Red Deer River to take action. The Red Deer River Municipal Users Group (RDRMUG) recently distributed a blank...
Sep 20, 2018
Harvard's Hasty Pudding casts first women in 175 years
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding theatre troupe has cast its first women after nearly two centuries of all-male productions. The group says six women have been chosen to per...
Sep 20, 2018
Patience paying off for Calgary Stampeders receiver Juwan Brescacin
Juwan Brescacin is living proof of just how valuable depth is in the CFL. The Calgary Stampeders (10-2) continue to roll along this season despite the loss of stalwart receivers Eric Rogers (knee), Ka...
Sep 20, 2018
A look at New Brunswick's third-party leaders
A personal look at New Brunswick’s third-party leaders: — Green Party Leader David Coon Growing up, New Brunswick Green Party Leader David Coon recalls travelling from his home in Montreal...
Sep 20, 2018
Homeless campers in B.C. provincial park allowed to stay indefinitely
LANGFORD, B.C. - The camping area of a provincial park near Victoria was closed to the public Thursday as a group of homeless people were allowed to stay indefinitely while the British Columbia govern...
Sep 20, 2018
Rohingya human rights worker to call on women foreign ministers for more action
OTTAWA - Razia Sultana has hope for her people, despite the fact tens of thousands have been tortured and raped in what the United Nations has deemed a genocide. Sultana is Rohingya. She works as a la...
Sep 20, 2018