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High school completion, income levels increasing for First Nations peoples: StatCan

High school completion, income levels increasing for First Nations peoples: StatCan

OTTAWA — Status First Nations people in Canada have seen some improvement in several key aspects of daily life, Statistics Canada has found, citing gains in areas ranging from household income levels to internet access.
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Israel welcomes Canada's conclusion that Israel didn't strike hospital in Gaza

Israel welcomes Canada's conclusion that Israel didn't strike hospital in Gaza

OTTAWA — Israel is "pleased" that Canada has joined the United States and France in believing that an explosion at a Gaza City hospital last week was fired by an errant rocket from within the Gaza Strip, the Israeli ambassador in Ottawa said Sunday.
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CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence

CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence

OTTAWA — Six months after the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
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Poor data hinders B.C. old-growth logging deferrals, advocates say

Poor data hinders B.C. old-growth logging deferrals, advocates say

Irreplaceable ancient forests that should meet criteria for interim protection are being left open to logging in British Columbia due to outdated and inaccurate government data, advocates and an ecologist who advised the province say.
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Canada ending evacuation flights out of Israel next week due to decreasing demand

Canada ending evacuation flights out of Israel next week due to decreasing demand

Ottawa will end evacuation flights from Israel next week, citing decreasing demand and increasingly available commercial options now that a number of Canadians have successfully left the country since the latest Israel-Hamas war began.
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Canada has 'high degree of confidence' Israel didn't strike hospital in Gaza: Blair

Canada has 'high degree of confidence' Israel didn't strike hospital in Gaza: Blair

Ottawa has a "high degree of confidence" that Israel did not strike the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after an independent review by the Canadian military, Defence Minister Bill Blair said in a statement late Saturday evening.
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'Dramatic decline': Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986

'Dramatic decline': Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986

ROTHERA RESEARCH STATION, ANTARCTICA — A Calgary researcher, who has spent the last eight months in Antarctica studying sea ice, says he has seen first-hand how big an effect climate change has had in the region.
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Canadian trapped in Gaza says first load of aid barely helping humanitarian crisis

Canadian trapped in Gaza says first load of aid barely helping humanitarian crisis

Mahmoud Nasser says finding a sip of water in Gaza continues to be a life and death mission for many, even though truckloads of key supplies began rolling back into the enclave on Saturday for the first time since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas
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Quebec tuition hike for out-of-province students already weighing on high schoolers

Quebec tuition hike for out-of-province students already weighing on high schoolers

MONTREAL — Hundreds of teenagers and their families packed into Concordia University's downtown Montreal campus on Saturday to attend the school's fall open house.
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Mounties arrest 'top priority' U.S. fugitive wanted in Creston, B.C.

Mounties arrest 'top priority' U.S. fugitive wanted in Creston, B.C.

CRESTON, B.C. — The RCMP says a fugitive from the United States has been arrested in Creston, B.C. The Mounties say they were alerted Friday that the man, who was wanted in the U.S.
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