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U.S. appears to lower Canadian softwood lumber tariffs — but uncertainty remains
The U.S. Department of Commerce has posted its preliminary tariff determination for the sector, estimated at just short of 25 per cent, lower than the current duty rate of more than 35 per cent.
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Man arrested as security lockdown lifted at University of Ottawa: police
One person was under arrest after the University of Ottawa lifted a security lockdown on Friday, April 10. An initial alert just after 5:15 p.m. had notified the university community of “a violent incident occurring on campus. Avoid the campus.” Two hours later, an online notification said the campus was “secure” and safe,” adding, “There…
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Alberta First Nations win initial stay in separatism challenge, temporarily blocking referendum petition certification
Alberta’s top elections official has been temporarily blocked from certifying the results of a provincial independence petition until a court ruling on a pair of First Nations legal challenges. On Friday afternoon, Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard issued her first, limited ruling in the case — on a stay application from the Athabasca…
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Scientists want to build an outdoor lab in Ontario to study decomposing human bodies
A Windsor-based forensic scientist is working to bring an outdoor lab to Kingsville that would study how human bodies decompose over time.
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Judge orders pause on signature validation process for Alberta independence petition
A judge has granted a month-long stay preventing Alberta’s chief electoral officer from certifying the results of a petition to force a referendum on a proposal for Alberta to separate from Canada.
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‘It means so much’: Highway of Tears’ family members unveil Pillar of Hope in Prince George
Family members of Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered along the Highway of Tears gathered in Prince George, B.C., to witness the unveiling of a monument called the Pillar of Hope.
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Appeal court upholds stay of THC-impaired driving charge in death of 9-year-old Sask. girl
Taylor Kennedy was charged with impaired driving causing death after Baeleigh Maurice, 9, died when Kennedy hit her with her truck on Sept. 9, 2021. The Crown appealed a judge’s decision to stay the charge over trial delays.
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Top government official says she was promoting ‘diversity and inclusion’ when she broke hiring rules
OTTAWA — The senior government official who was found this week to have broken federal conflict-of-interest rules by helping an unqualified person she knew get a management job in her department wrote to staff Friday to say that she did so to advance the government’s diversity goals. Christiane Fox, the deputy minister of national defence,…
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University of Ottawa under lockdown due to ‘violent threat’
The Ottawa Police Service says officers are investigating ‘a suspicious incident’ but as of late Friday afternoon had no reports of any injuries.
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First Nations leaders strongly oppose B.C. plan to pause DRIPA as Eby defends move ahead of confidence vote
First Nations leaders in B.C. are urging B.C. NDP MLAs to reject Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend some sections of the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), as the government prepares to bring the proposal forward as a confidence vote.