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Grassy Narrows funding pact for mercury-poisoning care home spurs joy and bitter memories

Sitting in the bleachers around the powwow grounds of Grassy Narrows First Nation, dozens of community members gathered for a feast on Monday....

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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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El Jones’s powerful poem sheds light on slavery in N.S. and the struggle for freedom

On the shores of Halifax harbour, poet and educator El Jones performed a poem she wrote for Emancipation Day, which will be marked for...

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ArcelorMittal Dofasco getting $400M from Ottawa to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The federal government has announced $400 million for a project at ArcelorMittal Dofasco that the company says will help it cut carbon emissions by more...

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Worried your COVID-19 vaccine won’t be accepted abroad? Here’s what you need to know

Fully vaccinated and ready to travel? Before booking your trip, make sure your destination recognizes your COVID-19 vaccine. As some Canadian travellers have already...

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Calgary Stampede COVID cases grow to 84, as doctors say repercussions still unknown

Thirteen more cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the Calgary Stampede and doctors say the full repercussions of the event likely won’t be...

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Millions meant for residential school survivors spent on Catholic Church lawyers, administration: documents

The Roman Catholic Church spent millions of dollars that were supposed to go to residential school survivors on lawyers, administration, a private fundraising...

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Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation

By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair  Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises...

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Washington’s reasons for keeping border closed to Canadians still murky a week later

A week after the U.S. government surprised many by announcing the land border with Canada would remain closed for the time being, the...

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Extreme drought in southern B.C. taking devastating toll on life in water and on land

What was once a steady stream of cool, clear water had become a patch of shallow, muddy puddles. Inside these remaining pools not...

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First Nations coalition demands top Sask. judge resign over residential school file dispute

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents Saskatchewan’s First Nations, is demanding the resignation of one of the province’s top judges...

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Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say

A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a...

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Lac La Ronge Indian Band begins search for residential school graves, with ‘a lot of work ahead’

WARNING: This story contains distressing details The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become the latest First Nation in Saskatchewan to begin searching...

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The fashion industry’s ‘plus-size’ label shames women to fit an unhealthy standard

This First Person article is the experience of Laura Sang, a physician in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please...

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B.C. responds to double the average annual number of wildfires, halfway into fire season

At the halfway point of B.C.’s fire season, the province is “significantly higher” than the 10-year average both in terms of the number...