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grassy narrows to get 68 9m more from ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning
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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...

residential school survivors demand sask court release catholic compensation document
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Residential school survivors demand Sask. court release Catholic compensation document

A Roman Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of “in-kind services” to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are refusing...

meet the unvaccinated why some canadians still havent had the shot
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Meet the unvaccinated: Why some Canadians still haven’t had the shot

Canada’s vaccine campaign has been crushing it lately, with an impressive 80 per cent of eligible Canadians having had at least one dose of...

evidence lost in case of soldier accused of feeding cannabis laced cupcakes to gunners lawyer says
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Evidence lost in case of soldier accused of feeding cannabis-laced cupcakes to gunners, lawyer says

Evidence in a bizarre case of a Canadian soldier accused of drugging comrades with marijuana-laced cupcakes was lost by military police, says the...

canadians who cross border for vaccine must quarantine on return ottawa says
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Canadians who cross border for vaccine must quarantine on return, Ottawa says

Canadians looking to drive across the border to the United States for the sole purpose of getting a COVID-19 vaccine are not exempt...

more than 60 programs to be cut as laurentian university moves through insolvency process
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More than 60 programs to be cut as Laurentian University moves through insolvency process

The pace of change at Laurentian University, which is in the midst of insolvency negotiations, is speeding up as termination notices for faculty...

ontario hospitals allowed to transfer patients without consent
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Ontario hospitals allowed to transfer patients without consent

The Ontario government’s health agency has issued two emergency orders to help hospitals cope with a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care admissions that is threatening the province’s critical...

health officer warned rcmp of challenge identifying patient zero in campbellton covid outbreak
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Health officer warned RCMP of challenge identifying patient zero in Campbellton COVID outbreak

The medical officer of health in the Campbellton region warned RCMP it would be difficult to identify Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola as patient zero in the...

federal carbon offset proposal will likely give illusion of progress even as it increases emissions
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Federal carbon-offset proposal will likely give illusion of progress, even as it increases emissions

This column is an opinion by Nicholas Rivers, Mark Jaccard and Kathryn Harrison. Rivers is the Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy at...

canada revenue agency accused of blaming victims as gross negligence cases drag on
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Canada Revenue Agency accused of blaming victims as ‘gross negligence’ cases drag on

Dozens of clients of a disgraced B.C. tax consultant who tried to bilk the Canada Revenue Agency out of millions of dollars are...

vaccine wars nations race to win friends and influence through vaccine distribution
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Vaccine wars: Nations race to win friends and influence through vaccine distribution

It all seems so long ago now, but as 2019 drew to a close there was a lot of talk about a new “space race.” In...

injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer then wrongly accused of fraud
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Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud

Alicia Micallef tears up when she talks about how she was secretly followed and videotaped, accused of lying, then dragged through the legal...

in letter to pm kenney calls for consequences or compensation over keystone xl cancellation scaled
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In letter to PM, Kenney calls for consequences or compensation over Keystone XL cancellation

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is repeating his calls for economic retaliation for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, or at least some...

smaller cities suffer the economic brunt of air canadas pandemic
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Smaller cities suffer the economic brunt of Air Canada’s pandemic exit

As the airlines and the federal government battle it out over an industry bailout, a new round of service cuts this week has left...

how a high stakes gambler set authorities on the trail of accused canadian spy cameron ortis
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How a high-stakes gambler set authorities on the trail of accused Canadian spy Cameron Ortis

A high-stakes American gambler who is an FBI informant and goes by the nickname Robin Hood 702 played a key role in a...