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Families ask Doug Ford to disband Thunder Bay’s police force
A formal complaint has been filed with Ontario's inspector general of policing following concerns over investigations into the deaths of First Nations people.
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Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8 states
Researchers around the world are growing more uneasy with the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1in US dairy cows as the virus continues to make its way into new herds and statesSeveral experts say the US is not sharing enough informatio
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CommentBusiness | 6:33 AM on Monday
The corporations behind the construction of Castledowns Pointe no longer exist, which poses a legal hurdle for owners who were forced out seven months ago.
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:14 AM on Monday
The Senate reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a key. U.S. surveillance authority, shortly after it expired in the early hours Saturday morning. Why it matters: The reauthorization came despite bipartisan concerns about Section 702,
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CommentLaw & Order | 7:11 PM on Sunday
Jurors have found Umar Zameer not guilty of all criminal charges, including first-degree murder, in the death of Toronto police Det.-Const. Jeffrey Northrup nearly three years ago.
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CommentMisc CDN | 7:03 PM on Sunday
The odds of a two-year old killer whale calf surviving in the open ocean on its own and eventually reuniting with family members remain solid if a rescue team manages to free the orca from the Vancouver Island lagoon where she's been trapped for nearly a
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CommentEnvironmental | 9:39 AM on Sunday
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has shown up in at least 32 herds in eight U.S. states, but not in Canada so far. While farmers are worried, experts say there's no cause for alarm right now thanks to national food safety standards and biosecurity measur
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CommentEnvironmental | 7:08 PM on Saturday
A former airport hangar caught fire late Friday evening sparking explosions and a state of emergency. The RCMP says the fire is now under control and the Mayor has ended the state of emergency.
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CommentBusiness | 2:37 PM on Saturday
A Texas man filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Cinemark, alleging that the theater chain’s 24-ounce drink cups can only hold 22 ounces of beer.
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CommentEnvironmental | 7:09 PM on Thursday
On the current trajectory, if fossil fuel emissions do not fall ‘we would expect to see heatwaves like this maybe 10 times more frequently, so potentially up to 20 times a year,’ statistician says
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CommentPolitical | 4:42 PM on Thursday
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution that recommended the State of Palestine’s full membership in the world body.
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CommentBusiness | 2:11 PM on Thursday
This evening, Google indiscriminately fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday’s historic, bicoastal 10-hour sit-in protests. This flagrant…
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CommentMisc CDN | 10:13 AM on Thursday
“There’s a lot of Canada in that bottle,” says Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University.
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CommentCKA | 10:13 AM on Thursday
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030
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CommentProvincial Politics | 7:40 AM on Thursday
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he has cautioned his caucus about texting the Speaker after his finance minister landed in hot water for doing so.
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CommentLaw & Order | 7:09 AM on Thursday
The sexual assault trial of a Newfoundland lawyer was thrown into turmoil Wednesday morning, as an error made by the judge last week threatened to grind proceedings to a halt.
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CommentEnvironmental | 6:27 AM on Thursday
A wildfire in west-central Alberta that was sparked by a natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday is under control, but an investigation into what caused the pipeline to break could take months or even years.
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CommentHistory | 5:59 AM on Thursday
30 years before parents and lawmakers sought to save youth from smartphones via age limits and bans in schools, a similar conversation took place about a pre-cursor to the cellphone: pagers Through the 1980s pagers became increasingly popular with teens,
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CommentHistory | 6:49 PM on Wednesday
A record rainfall with 254 mm fell in Al Ain on Tuesday in less than 24 hours—the most since records began in 1949
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:47 PM on Wednesday
Trois adolescents de 17 ans ont été arrêtés au Manitoba pour agression sexuelle armée, agression sexuelle et séquestration et voies de fait.
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CommentEnvironmental | 3:32 PM on Wednesday
Scientists fear time is running out to protect the Great Barrier Reef, which is enduring one of its most extensive coral bleaching events. The full extent ofof the impact is still unknown despite a “gutwrenching” update on Wednesday which revealed alm
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:23 PM on Wednesday
On. April 17, 2024, Peel Regional Police and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) announced details and arrests made concerning the theft o...
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CommentPolitical | 1:20 PM on Tuesday
In an effort to level the playing field for young people, in the 2024 federal budget, the government is targeting Canada's highest earners with new taxes in order to help offset billions in new spending to enhance the country's housing supply and social s
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CommentPolitical | 4:36 AM on Tuesday
PC justice critic Helen Conway-Ottenheimer and NDP Leader Jim Dinn are calling on Justice Minister John Hogan to resign over comments he made about sexual assault survivors.
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CommentPolitical | 2:11 PM on Monday
Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called his party the leading force in Quebec politics, and is calling on all stripes of Quebecers to get behind the independence movement.
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CommentMisc World | 9:11 AM on Monday
Six construction workers died after the container ship Dali lost power and slammed into a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 in the Port of Baltimore.
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:50 AM on Monday
On Saturday, police searched two businesses in Kitchener and Cambridge and seized a large quantity of psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms. It's the second time in a week police raided the stores.
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:49 AM on Monday
Andrew Cauchi said he was "heartbroken" and "extremely sorry" for the victims after his son Joel killed six people at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction.
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CommentHealth | 6:56 PM on Sunday
Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, a sombre anniversary as frontline workers in public health reflect on the more than 14,000 people who have died since.
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CommentHealth | 6:52 PM on Sunday
Hydro One says it's still working to restore power to thousands of customers in Ontario after high winds hit the province on Friday and Saturday.
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CommentMisc World | 7:23 PM on Friday
Millions have fled Sudan's year-long civil war and hunger is now leading to the deaths of many children.
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CommentLaw & Order | 5:27 PM on Friday
An Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well over a century ago, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.