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A song released to support Indigenous led protests

A Tribe Called Red has released a free song in support of the Indigenous led protests against the Coastal GasLink pipeline across traditional et'suwet'en territory. The Canadian music group says their track ``Land Back'' can be used by anyone working to promote Indigenous land sovereignty. Artist Whess Harman designed the ``Land Back'' patch on the cover artwork for the song, which is being sold to help raise money for the legal fund of the protest camp that has been set up near the pipeline work site. ...

Conservatives continue to insist professional protesters disrupting rail traffic

The Conservatives continue to insist that professional protesters are disrupting rail traffic across the country. During Question Period this morning, Conservative MP John Brassard told Parliament that quote ``The prime minister ...

Police say Winnipeg teacher charged with sexual assault

A 27-year-old teacher at a Winnipeg high school has been charged with sexual exploitation and sexual assault of a student. Police say the offences involving the 16-year-old student at Grant Park High School happened between Dec. 1 and Feb. 8. The Winnipeg School Division is co-operating with police but a spokesperson would not say whether the woman is still employed as a teacher. Const. Rob Carver says in at least one alleged incident the teacher gave alcohol to a group of students. She is also charged with supplying alcohol to a minor. Carver says it's a possibility the teacher may face more...

Ontario confirms seventh coronavirus case; man had travelled to Iran

Ontario health officials say the province now has a seventh confirmed case of the novel coronavirus.The chief medical officer of health says the newest patient is a man in his 50s who had travelled to Iran.Dr. David Williams says the man arrived in Toronto on Tuesday and went to the emergency department of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre the next day.He says proper protocols went into place at the hospital and the man was isolated as he was tested for the virus known as COVID-19.The man was sent home the same day to recover and has been in self-isolation since then.This marks the country's ...

Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs set for second day in northern B.C.

Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are scheduled to meet for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers today as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute that's sparked national protests and led to dis...

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Champagne to meet with top airline officials in Ukraine next week

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is to visit eastern Europe next week, with stops in Ukraine, Latvia and Poland. Champagne says he will meet with top airline officials in Ukraine as part of his push to secure ...

Carolyn Bennett calls the meetings with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs "truly important"

Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and her B.C. counterpart Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister Scott Fraser have arrived in Smithers for afternoon meetings with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs. In a Twitter message posted before she left Vancouver this morning, Bennett called the meeting "truly important", and after she reached Smithers she said the talks will "reaffirm" the interest of senior levels of government in speaking with the Wet'suwet'en about title and rights. Fraser says he's pleased further talks have been arranged with chiefs opposed to t...

Canada paying for security of Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but to stop paying soon

RCMP officers have been helping the United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police provide security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since they arrived in British Columbia late last year, but that help will end soon. Public Safety Canada says it is obligated to provide security for Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their infant son, Archie, because the couple are Internationally Protected Persons. But a statement from the RCMP say its assistance will end in the coming weeks ``in keeping with the change in status'' of the Duke and Duchess. Harry and Meghan have been living on Vancouver Island and say ...

Sixth patient confirmed to have coronavirus is husband to existing patient

Ontario health officials say the latest case of the novel coronavirus marks the first time the illness was transmitted in the province.The province's chief medical officer of health says the man in his 60s is the sixth case of the virus which is known as COVID-19 in Ontario.They say he contracted the disease from his wife, who had recently returned from a trip to Iran.The Middle Eastern nation is one of the worst affected countries outside China, with hundreds of people infected and at least 26 deaths....

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Former B.C. premier John Horgan dies aged 65

Ambassador to Germany and former British Columbia premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, after his third bout with cancer. Horgan served as B.C.'s New Democrat premier for five years before stepping down in 2022, then was ...

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