The Holocaust is a time in history many have read about, but students at Catholic Central High School in Lethbridge were able to put their books down and experience first-hand the chilling sites this April during a class trip to Europe. “Being able to feel history, it’s a really different experience than reading about it,” […]

Clement Gascon, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has been found after the Ottawa Police Service reported him missing on Wednesday. The police said the 59-year-old justice had last been seen in the 300-block of Wellington Street, heading southwest at around 1:20 p.m. Gascon had been described by police as a Caucasian male, […]

An 18-year-old student 'sacrificed' himself by charging at a gunman in a selfless act to save other students during a school shooting in the US. Kendrick Ray Castillo was killed when two students opened fire at a high school in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. Eight other students were injured during the incident at the Highland […]

Voters in Denver, a city at the forefront of the widening national debate over legalizing marijuana, have become the first in the nation to effectively decriminalize another recreational drug: hallucinogenic mushrooms. The local ballot measure did not quite legalize the mushrooms that contain psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound. State and federal regulations would have […]

Students from three Regina-area high schools came together on Wednesday to discuss the causes, effects and potential solutions for racism. Related Regina group uses welcome signs as a way to combat racism The anti-racism youth leadership workshop was organized by the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan (MCoS). “The purpose is really for us to understand racism […]

Cleanup crews started arriving last week to prepare for the removal of contaminated soil from a West Island property. Juste Investir, located on Hymus Boulevard in Pointe-Claire, has been mandated by the Quebec environment ministry to clean up the site where polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were once illegally stored. The company has 32 weeks in which […]

Lawyers for a senior Huawei executive say they intend to apply for a stay of proceedings in a high-profile extradition case. Meng Wanzhou, 47, was arrested in Canada in December at the request of the US. The US wants the tech executive extradited to stand trial on charges including fraud linked to the alleged violation […]

NEW YORK (AFP) – The New York Senate adopted a bill Wednesday (May 8) to grant the US Congress access to Donald Trump’s state tax returns, after the US president blocked attempts by congressional committees to review his past filings. The bill still has to be approved by the New York State Assembly, but that […]

Vote comes just hours after President Donald Trump invoked executive privilege over Mueller’s Russia report. Washington, DC – Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday to recommend a contempt citation against US Attorney General William Barr, setting the stage for a constitutional confrontation with the White House over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia […]

An agreement to be signed with the federal government is the next step to a resolution for survivors of the Île-à-la-Crosse Boarding School, the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) said Wednesday. Related A cup of tea: Saskatchewan man aims to lower Indigenous dropout rates Inquiry report on missing, murdered Indigenous women to be released in June The […]