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Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada’s nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury ...
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B.C. Chiefs ‘alarmed’ by federal and B.C. government’s role in First Nations dispute
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the federal and provincial governments are wrongfully choosing sides in a land title dispute between two First Nations. The union says it’s “alarmed” that B.C. and ...
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Six-unit residential housing complex in Inuvik destroyed by fire this week
Evan Lemieux, one of the residents, said he spent Tuesday helping to accommodate the other tenants who lived in the affected building. Lemieux wants anyone with information about how the Monday fire ...
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Groups threaten to sue over which fish should be saved – salmon or bass
By John Chilibeck Local Journalism Initiative reporter A battle that’s been brewing on a famous New Brunswick river between people trying to protect wild Atlantic salmon and others wanting to preserve ...
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Blair says future of defence relies on building relationships with Indigenous Peoples
Defence Minister Bill Blair says his department’s future success depends upon building and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities in a way that’s consistent with reconciliation. Blair ...
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Poilievre calls two-month GST break inflationary, says Tories will vote against it
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will vote against Liberal legislation to remove the federal sales tax off a slew of items over the holidays. The government introduced the bill in ...
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Dermo disease detected in oyster samples in northeastern Nova Scotia
OTTAWA-(CP)-Federal food safety officials say they have confirmed the first case of dermo disease in oysters from Nova Scotia — the second confirmed case in Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
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Native healer will wait several more months before sentence is handed down for assaulting client
By Keith Lacey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Penticton Herald PENTICTON B.C.-A First Nation healer convicted of assaulting one of his longtime clients during a traditional healing session more ...
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Long-sought court ruling restores Oregon tribe’s hunting and fishing rights
Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia danced in a circle. For ...
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Liberal candidate in B.C. byelection seeks Métis membership after identity questioned
BC-(CP)-The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity. Madison Fleischer ...
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RCMP investigating death of Edmonton man after mixed martial arts fight
ALBERTA-(CP)Mounties in Alberta are investigating the death of a fighter following a mixed martial arts charity event. RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said the man was taken to hospital after he fought ...
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One small solar panel started big East Coast dreams for energy self-sufficiency
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Canada’s National Observer A clean energy revolution in a Prince Edward Island First Nation was started by one small solar panel system atop ...