Skip to content

Indigenous News

Richard Norman driving Canadian curling's quest for more diversity

Richard Norman driving Canadian curling's quest for more diversity

When Richard Norman was invited to a celebrity fundraising curling bonspiel at Toronto's Cricket Club several years ago, he went scratching his head. "I'm like 'what's curling? Curling's not for Black people.
Read more >
TMX Group buying 78% stake in VettaFi it doesn't already own for $1.15B

TMX Group buying 78% stake in VettaFi it doesn't already own for $1.15B

TORONTO — TMX Group Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 78 per cent stake in VettaFi Holdings LLC that it does not already own for $1.15 billion. U.S.
Read more >
Rogers hails successful satellite-to-mobile phone call, with N.L. premier on one end

Rogers hails successful satellite-to-mobile phone call, with N.L. premier on one end

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Rogers Communications Inc. says it has passed a key milestone in satellite-to-mobile connectivity as the company pushes to bring the technology to the entire country next year.
Read more >
In the news today: Liberal caucus divided after UN vote for ceasefire in Gaza

In the news today: Liberal caucus divided after UN vote for ceasefire in Gaza

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
Read more >
CSIS to hire impartial reviewer as part of human rights settlement with Black officer

CSIS to hire impartial reviewer as part of human rights settlement with Black officer

OTTAWA — Canada's spy service has agreed to hire an independent human rights specialist to review its diversity strategy as part of the settlement of a complaint from a Black woman who worked as an intelligence officer.
Read more >
'Damaging': Saskatchewan high school rejects author's talk on son coming out as gay

'Damaging': Saskatchewan high school rejects author's talk on son coming out as gay

REGINA — Ruby Remenda Swanson says she never thought her hometown high school would be the only place to bar her from sharing her family's story.
Read more >
Hierarchical police, military and CSIS in need of harassment reckoning: professor

Hierarchical police, military and CSIS in need of harassment reckoning: professor

VANCOUVER — Bonnie Robichaud's ordeal started in the late 1970s when she got a unionized job as a cleaner on a military base in Ontario, and a Department of National Defence employee began sexually harassing her.
Read more >
Giant inflatable Santa Claus display in Halifax-area neighbourhood also fundraiser

Giant inflatable Santa Claus display in Halifax-area neighbourhood also fundraiser

HALIFAX — Santa Claus is a particularly big deal this holiday season in one Halifax-area community.
Read more >
'A bucket and a net and you're in business.' Looming tensions in Maritime eel fishery

'A bucket and a net and you're in business.' Looming tensions in Maritime eel fishery

HALIFAX — Commercial harvesters of baby eels in the Maritimes say there’s little hope the poaching and violence that forced the closure of the lucrative fishery last season will subside in 2024.
Read more >

WHL roundup: Blades beat Blazers for seventh straight win

SASKATOON — Brandon Lisowsky scored a goal and an assist as Saskatoon Blades topped Kamloops Blazers for their seventh straight win. Lukas Hansen, Egor Sidorov, Easton Armstrong and Morgan Tastad all scored for Saskatoon.
Read more >