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Sentence set for ex-priest who pleaded guilty to assaults on Nunavut children
CP-A judge is set to sentence a former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against seven Inuit children more than four decades ago. Crown and defence lawyers have jointly ...
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B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking
The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as the minister of forests acknowledged that the RCMP are ...
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‘Staggering’ number of families struggle in B.C.’s system for disabled kids: advocate
British Columbia’s children’s representative says the province is at a “threshold moment” for fixing an underfunded and fragmented system of supports for children with disabilities that is almost ...
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B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin wraps up seven-year post
British Columbia’s lieutenant-governor is leaving office after seven years on the job, with Premier David Eby telling her farewell ceremony that her focus on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples was ...
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‘These divide-and-conquer tactics are destroying us’: Matawa First Nations reflect on ...
By , Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet The same day Premier Doug Ford called an early election, his government announced it had reached a $20-million deal with Aroland First Nation that ...
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Remote Ontario community breaks free from diesel dependency
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through ...
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What the looming federal election could mean for the Bank of Canada’s independence
By Andrew Allison The Conversation The independence of central banks from the democratic process has been a bedrock of economic policy for decades. The Bank of Canada is no exception, maintaining ...
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Six Nations Elected Council wants to know where Development Corporation funds going
The bulk of the Six Nations Development Corporation Management Agreement funds will go toward Parks and Recreation ...
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‘Just shedding my snake skin’: Retiring MP Charlie Angus is Canada’s brashest voice ...
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Charlie Angus, a longtime NDP MP, is set to exit stage left after announcing he will not run in the next election.
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Parks Canada says eradicating zebra mussels in Manitoba park is ‘not feasible’
CP-Zebra mussels appear to be here to stay in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, a popular boating destination for summer tourists. Parks Canada says hundreds of live juvenile zebra mussels ...
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Crown stipulates, at Prince Graham murder trial, turf wars main factor
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor SUDBURY—The deadly consequences of a turf war over the drug trade in M’Chigeeng First Nation unfolded in the ...
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Coastal nations take to ‘B.C.’s’ highest court to push province’s UNDRIP obligation
By Amy Romer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews In the province’s highest court, two coastal First Nations argued that all “B.C.” laws must be interpreted consistently with the UN ...