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Sporting mullets, Canadian Armed Forces officer cadets placed second in an annual military skills competition in the U.S.

South Korean stocks led gains in Asia-Pacific markets on Tuesday after Wall Street rose overnight on expectations that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates soon.In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index returned from holiday in a big way, leaping 599.03 points, or 1.6%, to 38,835.16.In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index doffed 98.93 points or 0.5%, 18,478.37, to end a 10-day streak of gains.Markets in Korea surged, powered by heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The Reserve Bank of Australia held its benchmark lending rate at 4.35% for the fourth meeting in a row.CHINA In Shanghai, the CSI…

Quebec is looking at tightening the regulations around sperm donation in the province following the release of a documentary that revealed three men from the same family fathered hundreds of children.

British Columbia’s human rights commissioner is calling on universities and colleges to protect the rights of students and staff taking part in “peaceful encampments.”

Prince Albert police say a 29-year-old man charged in the murder of his mother had assaulted a staff member at Victoria Hospital the night before the killing.

Amid ongoing protest encampments on university campuses in B.C., the province’s human rights commissioner is calling on institutions to protect free speech.

Transit electrification projects are getting started in the Thompson-Okanagan.BC Transit announced Monday Kelowna and Kamloops will be two of nine communities in B.C. to install charging points for electric buses. The city is also slated to receive electric buses, as the province ordered 66 to d…

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says an officer convicted in 2021 of raping a woman while on duty is no longer with the force.

It’s been five years since a seven year-old girl was killed by her stepmother in Granby, after months of abuse, in the presence of her father who never intervened. The case put Quebec’s youth protection system under the microscope. A damning report was supposed to bring about changes but little has changed since.

Antisemitism in Canada exploded last year as the war unfolding in Israel and Gaza was used to ‘justify’ the targeting of Jews in Canada, B’nai Brith said Monday as it released its latest report on antisemitism.