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Saskatchewan invests additional $1.4 million in gender-based violence programming

The government of Saskatchewan is extending additional support to programming addressing gender-based violence. The $1.46 million investment will help 10 organizations and programs across the province and is the latest in funding through the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence program.“These actions reflect...

Peru has lost another president. Here’s why, and what happens next – National

Peru’s Congress on Tuesday voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office, triggering a fresh wave of political instability just weeks before the nation’s April presidential election. Jerí was Peru’s seventh president in less than a decade, and will now be replaced by...

What is the Jay Treaty cited in First Nations travel advisories to the U.S.?

Two First Nations communities in Ontario have issued travel advisories urging caution when travelling to the U.S. and are underlining Indigenous rights under the 1794 Jay Treaty. But what is the Jay Treaty and how does it relate to cross-border travel?Right to freely pass...

CBSA finds 266 kg of suspected meth in duffel bags bound for Canada

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A secondary inspection of a commercial truck has led to the seizure of more than 250 kilograms of methamphetamine at the Canada-U.S. border. The Canada Border Services Agency says it referred a commercial truck to secondary inspection at the...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, U.S. civil rights leader, dead at 84 – National

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was...

Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds identified by extortion task force

Canadian immigration officials are investigating hundreds of foreign citizens identified by B.C.’s anti-extortion unit, according to new figures released to Global News.The Canada Border Services Agency said it had launched probes into 296 people who were “brought to our attention by B.C Extortion Task...
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