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Marineland requesting $10M-$20M federal loan to export belugas to U.S.
CBC News has learned from a senior government source that Marineland — the permanently closed theme park and zoo in Niagara Falls, Ont. — is requesting $10 million to $20 million in a federal loan to move up to 30 belugas and four dolphins to aquariums across the U.S.
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Who was Sir Isaac Brock, and why does Carney have his statuette in the Prime Minister’s Office?
Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned some Canadian historians over the weekend when he released a pointed video message about the U.S. featuring a War of 1812 general who led the charge against the American invaders of that era.
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These Toronto residents say there’s already too much plane exhaust. Doug Ford wants to bring in bigger jets
Neighbours of Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto are already worried about the air they breathe — and what toll exhaust is taking on their health. Studies have shown high levels of ultrafine particles, pollution so small they can travel deep in our lungs and brain, where they live. Now, it could get worse, with Ontario…
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Family of Indigenous woman who died in Ontario hospital after 2 ER visits seeks homicide ruling at inquest
The family of an Indigenous woman is urging an inquest jury examining her death in an Ontario hospital to rule it was a homicide due to biases, and errors made in her assessment and treatment. Heather Winterstein, 24, went to the St. Catharines hospital on Dec. 9, 2021, but a doctor ruled out infection, opted…
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Ex-CBSA employee improperly passed on data to potential real estate clients
OTTAWA — For at least 13 years, an employee of the federal border services agency improperly accessed government databases and passed on confidential information to immigration applicants, some of whom would become clients of his real estate side gigs. In a stern decision rendered in February and recently published online, the federal labour tribunal confirmed…
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As feds look to criminalize deepfakes, advocates want a way to erase them from the internet
OTTAWA — As the federal government looks to criminalize the distribution of sexualized ‘deepfakes’, advocates are calling for it to go even further and provide a way to order that these images be removed. It comes as the parliamentary justice committee is set to wrap its study this week on Bill C-16, the Liberals latest…
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Aamjiwnaang First Nation files suit against INEOS over benzene emissions
Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s chief and council have initiated legal action against a company they say is responsible for polluting the air, water and soil in their community, leading to multiple evacuation orders; interference with services such as childcare and elder care; school closures and diminished attendance at the community’s powwow.
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Windsor man recounts moment he heard the Mexico shooting that killed a Canadian woman
A gunman killed a Canadian woman and wounded four other people — including a second Canadian — at the Teotihuacán pyramids outside Mexico City on Monday before killing himself, authorities said, jolting one of the country’s most visited tourist sites.
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B.C. to work with First Nations on Indigenous rights act, Eby says
B.C. Premier David Eby has outlined a plan for B.C. and First Nations to co-develop a joint approach to DRIPA before the fall session begins in October.
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Alleged poison seller Kenneth Law to avoid murder trial, case to be ‘resolved’ in May: judge
Kenneth Law, the Toronto-area man accused of selling poison to individuals at risk of self-harm, will avoid a murder trial and his criminal case will come to a conclusion next month, a judge has said. Law is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide.