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Concordia teachers accused of sexual misconduct 'reassigned': students association
Members of the Concordia Association for Students in English released a statement Friday claiming "the courses taught by the professors named online are being reassigned pending investigation, the books written by those faculty members have been removed ... and a third party is conducting the investigation."
Canadian newsprint producers hit with initial U.S. countervailing duties
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr are calling new U.S. duty rates against Canadian newsprint "unjustified."
Years later, Concordia says it's taking allegations about sexual predators seriously
In a statement posted online on Monday, Concordia University president Alan Shepard said he "became aware" of allegations of sexual misconduct at the English department in the afternoon after reading an online article about the staff and atmosphere inside and outside of classrooms.
Donald Trump proposes largest offshore drilling expansion in history
The plan opens up 90 percent of U.S. offshore reserves to private companies: from 2019 to 2024, forty-seven new leases are planned for the waters off Alaska, California, the Eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico.
What drove the Iran protests? Women, the poor, and sanctions relief
"This was not just an urban middle class uprising protesting the result of a fraudulent election. This was an uprising by the poor, joined by the middle class, with chants and slogans against economic inequality, poverty, and unemployment."
Ex-hostage Joshua Boyle arrested, charged with sex assault, forcible confinement
Joshua Boyle, 34, was arrested in Ottawa, his lawyer, Eric Granger, told The Canadian Press.
The 15 charges against Boyle, according to court documents, include eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful confinement and one count of causing someone to "take a noxious thing, namely Trazodone," an antidepressant.
Refugees enjoy quintessential Canadian culture, skating in Vancouver's Rogers Arena
On Wednesday night, about forty refugees got the cultural experience of a lifetime as they climbed over the visitors’ bench to take the ice at Rogers Arena.
Remember this? Environment Canada names top 10 weather events of 2017
"Our climate is changing, and it's affecting Canadians across the country," said the department in an end-of-year news release sent out Thursday morning.
Wish comes true as Syrian refugee teen meets Trudeau
A 15-year-old Syrian refugee who came with her family to Canada in 2016 thanked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in person this week.