A Saskatchewan family — comprised of a teacher and her 10-year-old non-binary child — express their opposition to Saskatchewan's new education policies requiring parental consent for their children to change their name in pronouns inside schools. Sask. teacher says she communicates with parents unless it violates rights of students Kiké …
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Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa announced as franchises in newly named Professional Women’s Hockey League
Three Canadian franchises are included in the newly named Professional Women's Hockey League that laid out details of where and how it will begin play in January 2024. Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa will join franchises in Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul and the New York area in a 24-game schedule. September draft …
Read More »Wife, daughter of restaurateur Sharif Rahman pray for justice as Owen Sound police investigate fatal beating
Days after the death of Sharif Rahman, the wife and young daughter of the Owen Sound, Ont., man who police say was attacked outside his restaurant over an unpaid dining bill are struggling to comprehend what life might be like without him. 'We just started our beautiful family,' Shayela Nasrin …
Read More »Ottawa looking to drop 24 Sussex and build new home for PM elsewhere: sources
The federal government is looking at dropping the dilapidated home at 24 Sussex in Ottawa as the prime minister's official residence and is considering several other sites in the city for a replacement, sources say. Federal officials exploring safer locations for prime ministers and their families The federal government is …
Read More »As the fentanyl crisis deepens in this part of downtown Ottawa, overwhelmed residents plead for help
Lowertown residents living in the struggling heart of the nation’s capital say their community is on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis. Drug possession arrests down 36% as police adapt strategy to new reality A glimpse into the drug crisis in the heart of the nation's capital 4 hours …
Read More »Customers alarmed by poor service from home security company
Fluent Home has a track record of hard-to-reach customer service agents and an inability to cancel contracts, according to multiple past and present customers interviewed by CBC. Its practice of renewing contracts without approval has also caught the attention of investigators at Service Alberta. Fluent Home customers report impossible-to-cancel contracts, …
Read More »‘She can survive now’: Sask. girl who became TikTok sensation recovers from life-saving bowel transplant
A young girl from Swift Current, Sask., had waited three years for a life-saving bowel transplant. Just over a week ago, she got it. Her positivity became an overnight sensation on TikTok in 2021, after her mother posted a video of her drawing a fox for a short story. Bella …
Read More »Committee set up to study children’s deaths hasn’t reported publicly in more than 2 years
The New Brunswick chief coroner, who oversees the child death review committee, hasn't filed a public report on the committee's work in more than two years. N.B. chief coroner is required to file public reports on the child death review committee’s work At least 11 children known to the Department …
Read More »We’re welcoming record numbers of international students. Here’s how they got caught up in the housing crisis
Experts say that although international students are particularly vulnerable to Canada's housing and affordability issues, they're increasingly being blamed for worsening these problems and could face a cap on their entry into the country as a result. International students are particularly vulnerable to housing and affordability issues, advocates say Canada, …
Read More »Hundreds rally in Saskatoon against new sexual education, pronoun policies in province’s schools
Hundreds of people assembled in Saskatoon Sunday afternoon, protesting new policies around students’ pronouns and sexual education in schools. Schools must get consent to change name, pronouns of students under 16 Hundreds of people assembled in Saskatoon Sunday afternoon, protesting new policies around students' pronouns and sexual education in schools. …
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