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Security review needed after Inuk women highway deaths near lodge in Quebec: coroner

Security review needed after Inuk women highway deaths near lodge in Quebec: coroner

MONTREAL — A coroner says a Montreal-area Inuit health centre should review its security measures in light of the deaths of two patients who were struck and killed on highways within a 24-hour span in 2022.
Creating proposed online harms regulators could cost $200 million: budget watchdog

Creating proposed online harms regulators could cost $200 million: budget watchdog

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals' Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years.
Criminal trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King adjourned to July 15

Criminal trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King adjourned to July 15

OTTAWA — The criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King was adjourned this morning without proceeding to the defence case.
P.E.I. First Nations, Ottawa establish national park reserve on sacred Mi'kmaq land

P.E.I. First Nations, Ottawa establish national park reserve on sacred Mi'kmaq land

LENNOX ISLAND, P.E.I. — The government of Canada and Prince Edward Island’s Mi’kmaq First Nations announced an agreement on Thursday to turn a pristine chain of islands with sacred cultural significance into a national park reserve.
In the news today: New poll on PM's future, first GST/HST credit payment due Friday

In the news today: New poll on PM's future, first GST/HST credit payment due Friday

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
Chefs mourn for B.C.'s peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout

Chefs mourn for B.C.'s peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout

VANCOUVER — Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat B.C. peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer.
Most Canadians think Trudeau will stay on to the next election: poll

Most Canadians think Trudeau will stay on to the next election: poll

OTTAWA — A majority of Canadians think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will stay on to lead his party in the next election even as his approval ratings are still extremely low, a new poll suggests.
Manitoba First Nation reports 150 anomalies found at former residential school site

Manitoba First Nation reports 150 anomalies found at former residential school site

CROSS LAKE, MAN. — A First Nation community in northern Manitoba says ground-penetrating radar has found 150 anomalies at the site of a former residential school, including 59 unmarked graves at a nearby cemetery.
Intelligent B.C. chicken Lacey pecks her way to Guinness World Record

Intelligent B.C. chicken Lacey pecks her way to Guinness World Record

VICTORIA — A British Columbia chicken named Lacey has earned a Guinness World Record for correctly identifying the most objects in one minute.
Pro-Palestinian protesters leave UofT encampment ahead of court-ordered deadline

Pro-Palestinian protesters leave UofT encampment ahead of court-ordered deadline

TORONTO — Pro-Palestinian protesters who had camped out on the University of Toronto's downtown campus for two months packed up their tents and cleared the site Wednesday to comply with a court order but promised to keep putting pressure on the unive