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A Mi’kmaw lawyer and researcher says she is sad and angry after police shot and killed a man in Elsipogtog last weekend. “It hits you right in the gut,” said Pam Palmater, who is from Ugpi’Ganjig First Nation, also known as Eel River Bar, and a professor and chair in Indigenous governance at Toronto Metropolitan University….
Some Whitehorse community organizations are hailing a recent court decision striking down short-notice evictions under the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act as a victory for vulnerable and marginalized people in the territory. Yukon Supreme Court Chief Justice Suzanne Duncan ruled in a 75-page decision last week that section 3(2) of the act, often referred to…
As roadwork continues to cause traffic delays around the Hillsborough Bridge between Charlottetown and Stratford, motorists are urged to adapt their schedules accordingly and to make way for emergency vehicles. Construction has been happening for months to connect Water Street with Grafton Street through the Charlottetown Event Grounds. That project was expected to have wrapped…
B.C. Ferries has cancelled 35 sailings on its busy Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen route through Sunday due to mechanical issues. The operator says there is a mechanical difficulty with the main engine’s propulsion system on the 60-year-old Queen of New Westminster, which was pulled from service Tuesday. “We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience you…
For a few short days, it looked like the two main parties in the New Brunswick election were offering voters a clear choice. The Progressive Conservatives under Blaine Higgs were selling their sound fiscal management — a record that, after six years of budget surpluses, would allow them to cut the provincial sales tax if re-elected….
Caldwell Lever first tried traditional Chinese medicine years ago “out of desperation,” while struggling with a chronic illness. “My back was to the wall,” he said. “Within 24 hours, I was a different person.” He was won over by an approach he described as more holistic than what he’d experienced before: practitioners “interested in how I’m feeling: not…
