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Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, met with the prime minister in Ottawa on Monday. His visit comes a little more than a week after the federal government announced plans to cut overall immigration levels by 20 per cent for 2025 — a cut that includes refugees and protected persons. The move has drawn condemnation […]

A jury trial has begun for a Regina chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting seven women under his care. Prosecutor Jackie Lane told the court Monday that Dr. Ruben Manz would reach under the patients’ bras and touch their breasts while stretching their necks. Manz is accused of sexually assaulting seven women between 2010 and 2020. The defence had […]

One of Canada’s most vital trade arteries is cut off as employers at most of British Columbia’s ports lock out their workers in a dispute involving about 700 unionized foremen. The BC Maritime Employers Association says it defensively locked out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 after the union began strike […]

Millions of Americans are heading to the polls Tuesday as a chaotic presidential campaign reaches its peak in a deeply divided United States, where voters in only a handful of battleground states will choose the country’s path forward. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have presented starkly different visions for America’s future, but […]

Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy. A former judge and senator, one of Sinclair’s biggest roles was chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential […]

Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. The regulations, still only in draft format and about two years behind schedule, could further strain relations between Ottawa and the Alberta […]

A recent peer-reviewed study revealed that Canadian dairy farms dispose of between 600 million to one billion liters of milk on-farm annually. This staggering waste, which should be inconceivable under a supply management system designed to balance production and demand, has brought renewed attention to the long-standing debate over the legalization of raw milk sales. […]

KINDERSLEY — Strathcona Resources Ltd. and Steel View Energy & Industrial Services Ltd. pleaded guilty Oct. 22 in Kindersley Provincial Court to violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. Strathcona Resources Ltd. was fined $60,714.29 with a surcharge of $24,285.71 for a total amount of $85,000. Steel View Energy & Industrial Services Ltd. was […]

Employers at British Columbia ports say they are going ahead with locking out more than 700 foremen across the province after strike activities from union members began. The lockout will shut port terminals operated by members of the BC Maritime Employers Association, which are located across the B.C. coast from Victoria and Vancouver up to […]

REGINA – It is back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature this week following Monday’s provincial election. New and returning members were at the Legislature as they started their preparations for the fall session. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party held its first caucus meeting since the election. The meeting consisted of its reduced […]