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Safety board calls for changes after deadly helicopter crash in Nunavut

Safety board calls for changes after deadly helicopter crash in Nunavut

OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board is calling for improvements to pilot training and aircraft equipment after an investigation into a deadly helicopter crash in Nunavut.
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Two women killed, one critically injured in stabbing attack west of Montreal

Two women killed, one critically injured in stabbing attack west of Montreal

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. — Two women were killed and a third was critically injured in a stabbing attack Thursday in a condo tower west of Montreal, provincial police said. Sgt.
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'Economic reconciliation': Mi'kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants

'Economic reconciliation': Mi'kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants

OTTAWA — A corporation co-owned by 13 Mi'kmaw communities is investing in new battery plants with Nova Scotia Power in what both parties are calling a step toward reconciliation. The project, announced Thursday by Wskijinu'k Mtmo'taqnuow Agency Ltd.
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RCMP use of private-sector surveillance services worries federal privacy watchdog

RCMP use of private-sector surveillance services worries federal privacy watchdog

OTTAWA — A federal watchdog is urging the RCMP to do a better job of assessing the privacy implications of commercial surveillance and monitoring services before using them.
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Crown asks New Brunswick judge to stay charges against Indigenous lobster fisherman

Crown asks New Brunswick judge to stay charges against Indigenous lobster fisherman

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — A judge in northern New Brunswick granted a stay of proceedings Thursday in the trial of an Indigenous lobster fisherman who recently launched a constitutional challenge aimed at asserting Indigenous and treaty rights.
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Some members of Parliament, ministers assigned police protection as security tightens

Some members of Parliament, ministers assigned police protection as security tightens

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP whose Toronto office was vandalized this week is among several federal politicians now under visible police protection on Parliament Hill.
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Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work toward NATO spending target

Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work toward NATO spending target

POINTE-CLAIRE, Que. — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies.
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Quebec cold case murder: Defence says accused killed victim but denies premeditation

Quebec cold case murder: Defence says accused killed victim but denies premeditation

SAGUENAY, Que. — The lawyer for a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of a 19-year-old junior college student in 2000 told a jury her client admits to killing the student, but he denies the act was planned.
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NDP, labour groups want new parents to be able to access EI if they lose their job

NDP, labour groups want new parents to be able to access EI if they lose their job

OTTAWA — New Democrats and labour leaders are calling on Ottawa to change the employment insurance program so Canadians who take parental leave can still access unemployment benefits if they are out of work.
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Inadequate security led to federal breach that compromised Canadians' info: watchdog

Inadequate security led to federal breach that compromised Canadians' info: watchdog

OTTAWA — Government departments lacked adequate protections to fend off a "sophisticated and co-ordinated" cyberattack that compromised the sensitive information of tens of thousands of Canadians, the federal privacy watchdog has found.
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