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Trudeau arrives at G20 after pledging support at ASEAN : In The News for Nov. 14

Trudeau arrives at G20 after pledging support at ASEAN : In The News for Nov. 14

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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B.C. flood recovery tempered by fears of new climate disasters looming on horizon

B.C. flood recovery tempered by fears of new climate disasters looming on horizon

VICTORIA — When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia's Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its course.
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Methane emissions underestimated, a growing number of reports suggest

Methane emissions underestimated, a growing number of reports suggest

As the federal government moves to tighten regulations on methane emissions, new assessments suggest the amount of the potent greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere has been significantly underestimated.
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Trudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos

Trudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has wrapped up his first stop of a tour in Southeast Asia by announcing nearly $1 million to help remove unexploded landmines and cluster bombs from the region.
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Quebec announces $46 million in funding for citizen-led climate initiatives

Quebec announces $46 million in funding for citizen-led climate initiatives

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is announcing more than $46 million in funding for citizen-led initiatives to fight climate change.
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'Big message': Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27

'Big message': Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27

YELLOWKNIFE — Carissa Waugh says her family hasn't been able to set up their fish nets like they used to due to declining salmon numbers in Yukon.
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Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat

Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat

Environmental advocates are taking the federal government to court over new rules to protect the habitat of an endangered shorebird species known as the piping plover.
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Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement

Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement

SURREY, B.C. — When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to join the new Surrey Police Service, she knew she was taking a risk but felt she'd done her homework.
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Activists throw maple syrup at Emily Carr painting at Vancouver art gallery protest

Activists throw maple syrup at Emily Carr painting at Vancouver art gallery protest

VANCOUVER — Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and glued themselves to the wall on Saturday at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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Remnants of hurricane Nicole bring heavy rain to southern Quebec and Atlantic region

Remnants of hurricane Nicole bring heavy rain to southern Quebec and Atlantic region

MONTREAL — The remnants of hurricane Nicole dumped heavy rainfall across much of southern Quebec and Atlantic Canada on Saturday. Almost 13,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia were without electricity on Saturday morning.
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