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B.C. parent launches class-action lawsuit against makers of Fortnite video game

B.C. parent launches class-action lawsuit against makers of Fortnite video game

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver parent has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the makers of Fortnite, saying the popular video game is designed to be "as addictive as possible" for children. In the lawsuit filed in B.C.
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Funeral for two officers shot and killed in Edmonton scheduled for next week

Funeral for two officers shot and killed in Edmonton scheduled for next week

EDMONTON — Police say a regimental funeral has been scheduled for two Edmonton officers who were shot and killed in the line of duty last week.
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Guilbeault wants stronger links with Alberta on issues of oilsands tailings ponds

Guilbeault wants stronger links with Alberta on issues of oilsands tailings ponds

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has repeated his call for a stronger federal presence when it comes to environmental monitoring and communications in the oilsands, following a pair of wastewater releases from Imperial Oil's Kearl mine
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Liberals float possibility of making motion on foreign interference a confidence vote

Liberals float possibility of making motion on foreign interference a confidence vote

OTTAWA — Liberal House leader Mark Holland isn't ruling out turning a Conservative motion on foreign interference into a confidence vote that could topple the government and would test the strength of the supply-and-confidence deal between the Liberals and the NDP
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Canada will take a 'hard long look' at UN call to speed emissions reduction: minister

Canada will take a 'hard long look' at UN call to speed emissions reduction: minister

OTTAWA — Canada will take a "hard long look" at a call from global climate scientists to hit its long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets 10 years earlier than planned, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday.
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CSIS, RCMP interviewed Mauritanian man at Guantanamo, feds say in denying wrongdoing

CSIS, RCMP interviewed Mauritanian man at Guantanamo, feds say in denying wrongdoing

OTTAWA — The federal government acknowledges in a new court filing that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP interviewed a Mauritanian man at a Guantanamo Bay prison in 2003.
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'Not a matter of state secrets': Anand dismisses concerns over McKinsey contracts

'Not a matter of state secrets': Anand dismisses concerns over McKinsey contracts

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand is dismissing opposition concerns about millions of dollars in contracts between her department and McKinsey & Company, saying the company's work was "not a matter of state secrets.
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Airbnb criticized after 1 killed, 6 missing in charred rubble of Montreal building

Airbnb criticized after 1 killed, 6 missing in charred rubble of Montreal building

MONTREAL — Quebec politicians criticized short-term rental company Airbnb on Monday for failing to be a proper corporate citizen, after a building used for illegal rentals was ravaged by a fire that killed one and left at least six missing
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Alberta moves to force oilpatch to pay owed taxes above 'threshold' amount

Alberta moves to force oilpatch to pay owed taxes above 'threshold' amount

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is taking steps to force oilpatch companies to make good on their unpaid municipal taxes, including sending reminders from provincial cabinet ministers to those in arrears.
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Parliamentary committee summons Mark Zuckerberg over Meta's threat to block news

Parliamentary committee summons Mark Zuckerberg over Meta's threat to block news

OTTAWA — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being summoned by a parliamentary committee for the third time in four years — this time over the tech company's threat to block news from Canadians on its social-media platforms.
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