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Senior UN officials seek Canadian cash to help stem gender-based violence abroad

Senior UN officials seek Canadian cash to help stem gender-based violence abroad

OTTAWA — A United Nations initiative aimed at eliminating gender-based violence is asking Canada to put up cash to help stem a backsliding in women's rights, even though the Liberals are cutting back on foreign aid.
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Robot vs. human: Saskatoon brewer goes head to head with ChatGPT-designed beer

Robot vs. human: Saskatoon brewer goes head to head with ChatGPT-designed beer

SASKATOON — It may have been the greatest battle between robots and humans to ever take place inside a Saskatchewan brewery.
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'We are in a crisis': Red Dress Day honoured as leaders say more work to be done

'We are in a crisis': Red Dress Day honoured as leaders say more work to be done

The head of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says it’s clear there's an ongoing emergency nearly four years after the final report into missing and murdered Indigenous woman and girls was released. “We are in a crisis,” said Carol McBride.
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Leaders express disappointment with changes to Canadian North airline

Leaders express disappointment with changes to Canadian North airline

YELLOWKNIFE — Northern leaders say they are disappointed with changes that allow Canadian North to increase prices and reduce flight service in remote communities, but the airline says it will be better able to meet demand.
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Joly weighs Chinese retaliation over expelling diplomat who CSIS says targeted MP

Joly weighs Chinese retaliation over expelling diplomat who CSIS says targeted MP

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is assessing how painful China's retaliation would be if Canada decides to expel a diplomat accused of targeting Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong.
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Trudeau blasts Poilievre as angry and unserious at Liberal party convention

Trudeau blasts Poilievre as angry and unserious at Liberal party convention

OTTAWA — Canadians chose hope over fear and anger in 2015 and they will be faced with that choice again the next time they go to the polls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday as he delivered an opening night keynote speech to Liberal faithfu
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Feasibility study complete into search of Winnipeg landfill for women's remains

Feasibility study complete into search of Winnipeg landfill for women's remains

OTTAWA — The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations says a study has been completed into whether it's possible for a Winnipeg-area landfill to be searched for the remains of two Indigenous women.
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Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.'s new image-sharing law

Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.'s new image-sharing law

VICTORIA — British Columbia's attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been shared without their consent.
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Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases

Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases

EDMONTON — Environment Canada has opened an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta.
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B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior

B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior

A "rapid transition" into spring with a week of record-setting temperatures has accelerated mountain snowmelt, a provincial forecaster said, leading to flooding and mudslides throughout British Columbia's central and southern Interior.
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