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Staff members at Mount Saint Vincent University have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike mandate. According to the Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association, which represents approximately 160 full-time faculty, librarians, and laboratory instructors, 97 per cent of members voted for the strike, with 99 per cent of members …

Pressure continued to mount on Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino Thursday over what he knew about Paul Bernardo’s prison transfer last month. Mendicino faced resignation calls from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Wednesday after the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) revealed it alerted the minister’s office months before the notorious rapist …

White Coat Black Art26:30The Trouble with Home Care (Part 1) Kirsten and David MacDonald’s lives were both changed forever last year when Kirsten was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and David became her full-time caregiver. “A year and a half ago, Kirsten could run 5K, no problem. And so …

A popular restaurant in Mount Stewart, P.E.I. has served its last meal, with its owner saying staff shortages and rising operating costs left him having to close his doors.  Laurie’s Country Kitchen, which had been open for nearly five years, permanently closed earlier this week.  “We had a good run; we got through …

Warning: This story contains sexually graphic details that may be disturbing to readers As calls mount for the leaders of Canada’s national hockey organization to resign over sexual misconduct scandals, federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling for “change” within the organization. St-Onge told CBC Radio’s The House that she was horrified by details of …

A young man from British Columbia alleges Joseph Burke — a former Christian Brother once convicted of abusing boys at a Newfoundland orphanage in the early 1970s — sexually assaulted him numerous times from 2007 to 2009. The man, known as John B. Doe in court documents, says Burke was his teacher at …

Mount Royal University is hosting about 100 Ukrainian refugees at its townhouse residences and offering free use of some campus facilities.  The Calgary post-secondary has offered the accommodation at a discounted rate. Each townhouse has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and living room, allowing enough room for families, according …

The two police officers who entered a Mount Moriah home without permission early Sunday morning acted within their authority, said an RCMP spokesperson in a Friday afternoon news conference. While speaking with reporters on Friday, Cpl. Jolene Garland said the officers’ “heads and hearts were in the right place.”  “Police had …