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residential schools how the u s and canada share a troubling history
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Residential schools: How the U.S. and Canada share a troubling history

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A member of the U.S. federal cabinet says she wept when she heard news from Canada about...

canadas acting top soldier gives head of navy chance at redemption after golf controversy
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Canada’s acting top soldier gives head of navy chance at redemption after golf controversy

After two weeks of deliberations, Canada’s acting top soldier, Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, has decided Vice-Admiral Craig Baines will continue to serve as the head...

mps call on nav canada to give up 7m in bonuses paid out during pandemic
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MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic

Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private non-profit...

b c murder cases in jeopardy as accused killer walks free police slammed for ignoring law
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B.C. murder cases in jeopardy as accused killer walks free, police slammed for ignoring law

A B.C. man accused of murdering a stranger in a 2011 road-rage incident has been acquitted after a B.C. Supreme Court judge excluded...

new brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease
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New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease

Public Health is closely monitoring a cluster of more than 40 New Brunswick patients with symptoms similar to those of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a...

military conducted secret investigation of reservist patrik mathews as a possible terrorist threat
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Military conducted secret investigation of reservist Patrik Mathews as a possible terrorist threat

The military’s counter-intelligence unit secretly investigated Patrik Mathews — a former Manitoba army reservist and alleged recruiter for a neo-Nazi group — as a possible terrorist...

pierre trudeau may have asked business leader to move jobs from quebec says u s state department document
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Pierre Trudeau may have asked business leader to move jobs from Quebec, says U.S. State Department document

A once-secret U.S. State Department document suggests that former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau may have asked one of Quebec’s top business leaders to...

biden indicates plans to cancel keystone xl pipeline permit on 1st day in office sources confirm
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Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office,...

london health sciences centre ceo has travelled to u s five times since pandemic began
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London Health Sciences Centre CEO has travelled to U.S. five times since pandemic began

The head of the largest hospital in southwestern Ontario has travelled outside of Canada five times since the COVID-19 pandemic began, including most...

retirement homes push ontario for mandatory covid 19 testing for caregivers support workers
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Retirement homes push Ontario for mandatory COVID-19 testing for caregivers, support workers

The group representing retirement homes in Ontario is asking the province to make COVID-19 testing mandatory for all caregivers and support workers, guidance...

nav canada looking at cutting air traffic controller jobs at 7 towers across canada
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Nav Canada looking at cutting air traffic controller jobs at 7 towers across Canada

NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controller jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to...

what is juneteenth and why is everybody talking about it this year
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What is Juneteenth and why is everybody talking about it this year?

It is a 155-year-old day of celebration that many non-Black people in the U.S. and around the world only started to hear of recently....

speaker rejects tory request for senate to resume sitting says its not in the public interest
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Speaker rejects Tory request for Senate to resume sitting, says it’s not in the public interest

Despite Conservative calls for the Red Chamber to resume modified in-person sittings next week, Speaker George Furey has extended the Senate’s adjournment to...

our airlines well being has become grave overnight westjet attendants expect mass layoffs due to covid 19
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‘Our airline’s well-being has become grave overnight’: WestJet attendants expect mass layoffs due to COVID-19

The union representing WestJet flight attendants is expecting layoffs of more than 50 per cent of its staff as the number of flight...

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The Nunes memo: 5 takeaways

The Nunes memo: 5 takeaways The buildup is over, and the memo is out. So what does the newly released four-page document from...

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