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In June 1995, Jaswant Singh Khalra gave a speech in the Canadian Parliament about the disappearances of thousands of Sikhs in Punjab. Three months later, he too "disappeared" in Punjab and was never seen again.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says that while he continues to have personal issues with the Constitution's notwithstanding clause, he does not think it is an illegitimate tool for governments.

All those evenings playing Fortnite or Minecraft could actually be boosting your teen's math scores ... if your game-loving teen happens to be male, that is.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man has won a $2-million lottery prize — five months after he won $1.5 million.

Celebs mean business when it comes to festival fashion, and Nicole Kidman and Tatiana Maslany are proof.

Ontarians who are upset about Premier Doug Ford's move to overrule a court decision can protest, speak up in the media and put pressure on their MPPs, constitutional law experts say. There are no other tricks left in the book to stop him.

By: Jade Byard Peek, National Deputy Chairperson @CFSFCEE. In solidarity / Toujours solidaire

Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan's "The Death and Life of John F. Donovan" has had a complicated death and life of its own.

"Doug Ford sounds like Donald Trump and that's because he is like Donald Trump."

The recent conflict over Premier Doug Ford's attempts to shrink the Toronto City Council - and the shocking threat to use the Charter's notwithstanding clause to overcome an unfavourable court decision - points us at a root question: just how much representation do we need, and what kind, in government?

APPLETON, N.L. — The U.S. ambassador joined the small Newfoundland community of Appleton Tuesday as it marked 9/11 with a service honouring those killed and those who opened their homes to thousands of stranded passengers.

A recent poll found that half of Torontonians are hoping for house prices to fall, but a new report from Royal Bank of Canada basically says "don't hold your breath."

What happens when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and movie star Ryan Gosling meet up at the Toronto International Film Festival? You get one of the most Canadian moments ever.

By Nicole Letourneau

Helicopter parenting. Tiger parenting. Free-range parenting. These are buzz-words we hear all the time that are supposed to describe the "best" approaches for parents to take raising their children. We all want the best for our children and parents happily and eagerly adopt the latest, greatest advice. Even governments enact legislation that promotes one approach or another, just like Utah did recently in passing legislation enabling parents to legally leave their children... Читать дальше...

By Josh Sherman, Livabl

The B.C. government has released its 2019 rental guidelines dictating exactly how much landlords can hike the rent by, and tenants may want to brace themselves.

The maximum allowable rental increase for 2019 is 4.5 per cent, up from this year's cap of four per cent and the biggest allowable increase since 2004, when hikes were limited at 4.6 per cent.

The rental increase is based on the provincial government's formula for rental increases, which is inflation plus two per cent. Читать дальше...

"They're angry at white people. They just always get money, and handouts," boldly states a white woman talking about the Indigenous population in the trailer for the documentary series "First Contact."

I was seven years old. I remember my mom dropped me off at school a little late that day, and I was wearing my new, sporty grey jacket. My long, curly, black hair was gathered in a high ponytail, and I can almost guarantee my baby hairs were sticking up on top of my head.

OTTAWA — A dragon, a marijuana activist and a former Tory MP who backed maverick MP Maxime Bernier's leadership campaign are now throwing their weight behind his fledgling new political party.

Imagine a Canada where public schools and urban infrastructure are crumbling, the economy runs through constant boom-and-bust cycles, and ideological demagogues run rampant in the political arena.

Canada is home to one of the largest populations of ultra-wealthy, and the ultra-rich are only getting richer.

SURREY, B.C. — Federal New Democrats hope leader Jagmeet Singh can successfully hit the reset button this week during a three-day caucus session in British Columbia, after a year of disappointing byelection results, lacklustre fundraising, weak polling numbers and unfavourable media coverage.

In response to a Superior Court ruling that a law cutting the number of Toronto city councillors was unconstitutional, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced his intention to pass a new version of the bill invoking the notwithstanding clause — a little-used charter provision that allows provincial governments to overrule justices.