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Family of Tumbler Ridge victim buries 12-year-old son in Zambia
The body of Abel Mwansa Jr., one of the students killed in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting earlier this month, was buried Monday in his native Zambia. The 12-year-old’s funeral service was held Monday in Kitwe in Copperbelt province, a mining region in northern Zambia. His father, Abel Mwansa Sr., said the family is “eternally…
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B.C. to make daylight time permanent after years of provincial government promises
This will be the last year clocks spring forward after the B.C. government announced Monday it was making daylight time permanent. The change will take effect on Sunday, when clocks move ahead an hour. Permanent daylight time will mean that the typical falling back of clocks by an hour in November will not take place.…
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What we know about Ottawa’s land rights deal with the Musqueam First Nation
The federal government’s Indigenous affairs office has signed an agreement with the Musqueam Indian Band in B.C., a deal that recognizes the community’s aboriginal rights within a wide swathe of land encompassing much of Vancouver. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), the department in charge of negotiating title rights, first publicized the deal on…
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Poilievre says he’d let allies use Canada’s energy, mineral stockpile in crises, tariff-free
LONDON — Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative government would allow other countries to have to access to a future Canadian national energy and critical mineral stockpile but only allies in times of “crisis and war” who have a free-trade agreement with Canada. Speaking at an event in London, U.K., organized by CANZUK, an advocacy group…
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Former B.C. RCMP officer gets 18 months probation for obstructing justice in Prince George
Prince George RCMP officer Arthur Dalman was found guilty of obstruction of justice following the 2017 death of Dale Culver, an Indigenous man who died in police custody. Dalman was not involved in the altercation but was found to have ordered a bystander to delete video taken at the scene of the arrest.
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Judge refuses to move transgender inmate to women’s prison ahead of judicial review
A Federal Court judge has refused to temporarily order Corrections Canada to move a transgender inmate with a history of sex offences from a men’s to a women’s prison, but has agreed the judicial review in her case should be heard more quickly.
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OPP officer cleared of wrongdoing in crash that killed 19-year-old
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an Essex County OPP officer of wrongdoing in a crash that claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman.
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First Nations demand investigation after security guard punches man in video shot at Winnipeg Dollarama
First Nations leaders in Manitoba are demanding an investigation after they say an Indigenous man was beaten by a security guard at a downtown Winnipeg Dollarama store.
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Air Canada suspends all flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until March 23
Air Canada announced Monday that it has suspended all flights to and from Dubai and Tel Aviv, with a plan to restart on March 23. In a press release shared on social media, the airline also told passengers not to head to the airport if they are in either of these regions. “Your safety is our…
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Shocks can force Bank of Canada to hike rates even when economy weak, says deputy
Supply-side shocks that can simultaneously drive up prices and slow the economy are complicating the Bank of Canada ‘s fight against inflation, but the central bank has no intention abandoning its two per cent inflation target. “The world has changed a lot over the past five years,” Sharon Kozicki , deputy governor of the Bank…