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‘No room for fossil fuel expansion’: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip clears the air on pipelines
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Long-time climate advocate and First Nation leader Stewart Phillip is walking back controversial remarks he made on Tuesday. Canada’s climate ...
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Murder charges laid against three people in fire pit death on Alberta FirstNation
CP-Murder charges have been laid against three people almost a year after a man was found dead in a fire pit on a First Nation in northern Alberta. RCMP say the major crimes unit took charge of the ...
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‘Sick monster’: Ex-priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
CP-A Catholic priest’s sexual abuse of Inuit children decades ago in Igloolik, Nvt., transformed a once friendly and trusting hamlet into a place marred by anger and addiction, court heard Thursday.
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Federal fisheries minister does about-face on unpopular baby eel quota redistribution
CP-Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has shelved a controversial proposal that would have shifted baby eel quota away from longtime licence holders to their employees. In December, Ottawa ...
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Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...
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Indigenous MP says he has the money and the signatures to contest Liberal leadership
CP-Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says he has the money and the signatures he needs to join the federal Liberal leadership race. Speaking in Halifax today to Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey chiefs from across ...
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Former priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
CP-A defrocked Catholic priest pleaded guilty Thursday to indecent assaults against seven children decades ago in Nunavut. Court heard Eric Dejaeger committed the offences between 1978 and 1982 at or ...
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Trump’s inheriting a solid economy, making it harder to lower borrowing costs or inflation
President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep. Economic growth is solid, driven by ...
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Quebec maple syrup producers fear ‘major consequences’ if Trump tariffs go ahead
Quebec’s maple syrup producers are worried their industry will take a big hit if U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports next month. Joël ...
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Private investigator looking into fatal Moose Factory hit-and-run
McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative, TimminsToday.com MOOSE FACTORY — A Moose Factory father has stepped up his efforts to uncover the truth behind his daughter’s death. Robert Chum has enlisted the ...
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B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized Wednesday and walked back comments he made earlier this week suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project. “I do not ...