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‘We need to be strong’: Music producer Bob Ezrin boasts of Canadian pride after performing arts award
Veteran music producer Bob Ezrin says he’s “beyond proud” to be among this year’s recipients of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, especially as a newly repatriated Canadian in the midst of ...
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Poilievre’s proposed incentives for First Nations water, resource projects draw fire
By Alessia Passafiume Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes and revisiting how much sway Indigenous ...
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Indigenous healer admits to sexually assaulting 12 women in Saskatchewan
CP-A Saskatchewan man who said he was an Indigenous healer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 12 women. Cecil Wolfe, who is 63, entered the pleas Wednesday in Saskatoon court. Wolfe was accused ...
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No damages reported after earthquake shakes parts of Alberta, B.C.
CP-Earthquakes Canada says some Alberta and B.C. residents may have felt the ground shake this morning. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was detected roughly 63 kilometres northeast of Grande Cache, Alta., ...
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First Nations, Holt Liberals on verge of new tax deals
By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner First Nations in New Brunswick are close to cutting new tax-sharing deals with the Holt Liberal government, but the large ...
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Boy charged with murder in quadruple homicide on Saskatchewan First Nation
CP-A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. The teen cannot be identified due to the Youth Criminal ...
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal for Alberta man convicted in Métis hunter killings
CP-Canada’s top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Métis hunters. Roger and Anthony Bilodeau confronted Maurice ...
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Federal government moving ahead with high-speed rail in Toronto-Quebec City corridor
The federal government is moving ahead with the next phase of a high-speed rail network between Quebec City and Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. The planned rail network ...
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No charges yet from RCMP investigation into brawling hockey parents
By Dave Baxter, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Sun The RCMP investigation into a brawl that broke out at a First Nations hockey arena in November continues, as police try to piece ...
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Native American activist Leonard Peltier, freed from prison, is welcomed on North Dakota reservation
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful for his supporters as they welcomed him home to North Dakota on Wednesday, a day after his release from a ...
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Suspect in stabbings on Saskatchewan First Nation arrested after days-long search
SASKATCHEWAN-CP-A man has been arrested days after stabbings at three different homes on a northern Saskatchewan First Nation. Ryan Lachance had been wanted by RCMP for charges including aggravated ...
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Trump wants to know if there’s gold in Fort Knox. (There is)
While flying back to Washington aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether Elon Musk would pursue budget cuts at the Pentagon. His response might be ...