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A woman who was excited to celebrate with her family at a graduation event for Indigenous women on Thursday says it’s hard to look at her college certificate after the experience was tainted by comments Manitoba’s accessibility minister made about sharing the stage with a sign-language interpreter. Deborah Owczar, who …

Saturday will mark a year since Ottawa created a special program to prioritize immigration applications from Afghans who worked with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian government, along with their family members. One former interpreter — whose work earned him a letter of appreciation from Canada’s current chief of the defence staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre …