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Border workers begin work-to-rule action as negotiations with government continue

Border service officers have begun work-to-rule action while unions and the government continue to negotiate a new contract. The Public Service Alliance of...

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Story of Black woman from Niagara who helped keep escaped slave free is included in new book

The extraordinary story of a Black man who escaped slavery in Kentucky by stealing his “owner’s” horse, and the Niagara woman who fought...

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Meng Wanzhou to return to court in B.C. for final weeks of extradition proceeding

Meng Wanzhou will return to a Vancouver courtroom Wednesday for the final weeks of an extradition proceeding that has lasted more than two...

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Unions warn Canadians to expect disruptions at airports and border crossings starting Friday

The unions representing Canada’s border agents are warning travellers to expect long lineups and delays at airports and border crossings if workers proceed with...

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Ontario appeal court dismisses Ford government’s appeal over controversial Student Choice Initiative

Ontario’s Court of Appeal has dismissed the Ford government’s bid to overturn an earlier decision that quashed its so-called Student Choice Initiative —...

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Northwestern Ontario under smoke alerts due to forest fires in region and Manitoba

As northwestern Ontario continues its weeks-long battle against forest fires, Environment Canada has issued more air quality statements for the entire region due...

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Family of Black man fatally shot by police in Repentigny, Que., blame racism for his death

The family of a Repentigny, Que., man who died after police shot him three times in the stomach on Sunday are blaming anti-Black racism in the...

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Line 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause ‘devastating damage’ to Great Lakes, say environmentalists

An aging pipeline that carries oil along the bottom of the ecologically sensitive and turbulent Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron...

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Canadians have a lot to learn about this country’s history of slavery, experts say

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about slavery. As Sharon Robart-Johnson walks around the Black history room at the Yarmouth County Museum, she points...

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How Canadian tourism sustains Cuba’s army and one-party state

Standing on a street corner in Montreal, Reinaldo Rodriguez has a message for Canadians. “Canadian tourists are feeding the Cuban regime,” he told...

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Singh hopes to build ‘momentum’ on tour of Indigenous communities

When the evacuation of Neskantaga First Nation due to tainted water made international headlines last fall, then-chief Chris Moonias encouraged the prime minister and other federal politicians to...

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Acting defence chief’s notes reveal weeks of intense discussions of how to handle Fortin allegation

Handwritten notes by Canada’s acting chief of defence staff before Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s removal as head of the country’s vaccine rollout reveal weeks of intense discussions...

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CP Rail urges Kansas City Southern shareholders to oppose CN takeover next month

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is urging Kansas City Southern shareholders to vote against the proposed merger with Canadian National Railway Co. because of...

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Grassy Narrows to get $68.9M more from Ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning

Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million...

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Health Canada dragging its feet on psilocybin, patients and advocates allege

Nathan Kruljac was a young man of 25 when he experienced some shortness of breath while out for a drive in Surrey, B.C....

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Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women’s 100m butterfly

Maggie Mac Neil won Canada’s first gold medal of these Olympics, capturing the women’s 100-metre butterfly in a Canadian record of 55.59 seconds...