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How a decades-old Missouri law makes it harder for pregnant women to get divorced

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:57:48 AM

Ashley Aune, a Missouri state representative, is fighting to get a decades-old law off the books that forces women to disclose their pregnancy status while filing for divorce —something advocates say is harming women experiencing domestic violence.

Air Canada cuts number of language complaints, still gets more than any other regulated institution

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:47:20 AM

Despite a decrease in the number of complaints filed against Air Canada over language-related issues, the airline still gets more language complaints nationwide than any other federally regulated institution, says Commissioner of Official...

Shell sold millions of carbon credits for carbon that was never captured, report finds

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:24:08 AM

Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada.

She lived through the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. Now she researches health of other survivors' kids

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:20:12 AM

Glorieuse Uwizeye believes it was a miracle she and her family survived the 100-day genocide in 1994 against the Tutsis, a minority group in Rwanda. Uwizeye, now an associate professor in nursing at Western University in London, Ont., studies the...

Business executives, lobbyists attending fundraisers to meet Pierre Poilievre

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:18:09 AM

As Pierre Poilievre positions himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of “the working-class people,” he’s headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada’s...

CFL suspends Argos star QB Kelly for violating league's gender-based violence policy

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 10:28:20 AM

The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games Tuesday following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning coach against both the player and club.

Ukraine says it foiled alleged Russian plot to kill Zelenskyy and intelligence officials as gift for Putin

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 10:26:03 AM

Ukraine's state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials as "a gift" for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in ...