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After that controversial OT goal, should the NHL embrace goal-line technology?
The Anaheim Ducks’ OT goal over the Edmonton Oilers has reignited the debate over whether the NHL should follow other sports leagues and embrace new technology when making important calls.
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Bailey’s Law, aimed at changing how Canada addresses intimate partner violence, headed to Senate
The House of Commons has passed a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code named after a Kelowna woman who was allegedly killed by her estranged husband in a brutal daylight attack.
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Review finds intimate partner violence deaths preventable, calls on B.C. to do more
The report, which echoes calls made by previous reviews and advocates, highlights the failings of the current system to identify and prevent cases of intimate partner violence prior to the victim’s death, and the outsized toll of this on women, Indigenous people and rural communities.
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Conservatives call on auditor general to investigate $250M PrescribeIT program
Conservative MPs are calling on the auditor general to probe the federal government’s handling of a $250-million program which reportedly is set to be scrapped next month.
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Blue Jays’ Scherzer on injured list with forearm tendinitis, left ankle inflammation
The Toronto Blue Jays have placed veteran right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tendinitis and left ankle inflammation, the team announced Monday.
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Canada won’t be ‘chasing a small deal’ to get U.S. tariff relief, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the U.S. could resolve the ongoing tariff dispute within “days” if the U.S. side had the “bandwidth and the inclination to go through with it.”
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AI minister will now meet with group pressing for online safety, after advocate said he initially ‘declined’ meeting
OTTAWA — Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon was among the ministers that parents and children rallying for federal government action to better protect kids online were set to meet Monday, after concerns were expressed that the minister did not have the time. The group of around 20 children and parents came to Parliament Hill as…
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Labour unions were major third-party advertisers behind Alberta’s anti-separatist petition
Two of Alberta’s biggest unions advertised in favour of a petition to keep the province in Canada, with the labour groups spending more than 40 times those of the organizations who backed Alberta’s pro-separatist effort, according to a provincial public registry. As of April 9, the United Nurses of Alberta had spent $34,391.07 to advertise…
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Manitoba ban on social media, AI chatbots for kids could start in schools: education minister
Manitoba’s education minister says the government may first turn to schools to ban children from using social media accounts and artificial intelligence chatbots.
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Setting day on P.E.I. is a family affair, and next generation of lobster fishers already pulling its weight
A cold spring morning marked the start of one of the most important days of the year for Prince Edward Island’s lobster fishers. Monday was setting day for Lobster Fishing Area 26A along P.E.I.’s South Shore — the official opening of the spring season, when crews head out at dawn to set their traps.