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New Brunswick judge rejects 'rambling' anti-vax arguments from four public servants

New Brunswick judge rejects 'rambling' anti-vax arguments from four public servants

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick judge has rejected a bid by four public servants to overturn the province's decision to place them on unpaid leave for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely

Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it.
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Dropping First Nations COVID-19 infections brings hope Omicron wave has passed

Dropping First Nations COVID-19 infections brings hope Omicron wave has passed

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed.
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Defence Department failed to spend $1.2B in funding last year, most due to delays

Defence Department failed to spend $1.2B in funding last year, most due to delays

OTTAWA — New figures show the Department of National Defence failed to spend more than $1.2 billion of its allotted budget in the last fiscal year, the majority due to delays in the purchase of new equipment for Canada’s military.
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Teenager stabbed near Montreal-area high school on Tuesday has died, police say

Teenager stabbed near Montreal-area high school on Tuesday has died, police say

Montreal police say a teenager who was stabbed during an altercation between students outside a Montreal-area high school on Tuesday has died. Police say the 16-year-old boy died today in hospital. The Lester B.
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Personal info about military sex misconduct claimants inadvertently released

Personal info about military sex misconduct claimants inadvertently released

OTTAWA — The company administering the federal government's $900-million settlement deal with Armed Forces members and veterans who experienced sexual misconduct while in uniform has inadvertently released private information about dozens of claimant
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Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection

Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection

Voters in a Northwest Territories riding have chosen a new member of the legislative assembly after their previous representative resigned.
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Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms

Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms

The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu. Cary Woodruff, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, and a team of researchers studieda fossil that may provide evidence of the first known case of a bird-style lung disease in a dinosaur.
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Quebec man sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping young son, triggering Amber Alert

Quebec man sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping young son, triggering Amber Alert

MATANE, Que. — A Quebec court judge has signed off on a jointly recommended 10-year sentence for a Quebec man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his three-year-old son.
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Montreal police open homicide investigation after man shot inside garage

Montreal police open homicide investigation after man shot inside garage

Montreal police say a man is dead after a shooting Wednesday night in the city's southwest. Police said today no arrests have been made, after the victim was shot at least once around 9 p.m. inside a garage in the LaSalle borough.
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