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Ceremonies across Canada mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

Ceremonies across Canada mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

The smell of sage and sweetgrass floated in the air Monday over a mostly sombre ceremony in Ottawa to reflect on the legacy of residential schools and remember those who survived — and the thousands who didn't.
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Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan election campaign to begin Tuesday

Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan election campaign to begin Tuesday

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is confirming what has been widely expected – the provincial election campaign starts Tuesday. Moe says in a post on social media that he plans to ask Lt.-Gov.
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B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad vows to 'unleash potential' for Indigenous prosperity

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad vows to 'unleash potential' for Indigenous prosperity

The federal government has been "absent" and failing to live up to commitments to First Nations on housing and clean water, and a B.C. Conservative government would fix the problems, then send Ottawa the bill, Leader John Rustad said Monday.
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'I don't want to bury more people': Son of Canadians slain in Lebanon implores Ottawa

'I don't want to bury more people': Son of Canadians slain in Lebanon implores Ottawa

Ottawa must do more to help Canadian citizens leave Lebanon, says the son of a Canadian couple killed last week when an Israeli bomb hit their car in the country's south.
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Big NDP names exit before B.C. election. What does that mean for the party?

Big NDP names exit before B.C. election. What does that mean for the party?

VANCOUVER — The New Democrats are campaigning for another term in British Columbia's provincial election but without many of the familiar faces that have graced lawn signs of elections past.
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B.C. condo owners' group ordered to repay owner for cockroach control bill

B.C. condo owners' group ordered to repay owner for cockroach control bill

VANCOUVER — The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled that a British Columbia condominium owner should be repaid thousands of dollars she was charged to eradicate a cockroach infestation in her building.
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Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending

Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending

OTTAWA — Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools.
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A list of Quebec language law sections that bilingual municipalities want struck down

A list of Quebec language law sections that bilingual municipalities want struck down

A group of 23 bilingual municipalities in Quebec has asked a Superior Court judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province's 2022 language reform, known as Bill 96.
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23 bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec language law

23 bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec language law

MONTREAL — A group of 23 bilingual municipalities asked a Quebec Superior Court judge on Monday to suspend several portions of the province's 2022 language reform, arguing that the application of the law will cause them serious and irreparable harm.
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Faculty strike: McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students

Faculty strike: McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students

MONTREAL — McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can't reach an agreement with a faculty union that has been on strike since August, but the union says it won't back down.
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