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Signing of Wet'suwet'en agreement could land Ottawa in court
Despite objections from some elected leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nations, the federal and B.C. governments plan to sign an agreement with the hereditary chiefs that charts a path for transferring jurisdiction of their territory to its traditional leadership.
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Olivia Stefanovich
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Party Lines May 14: What lies beyond the border
Rosie and Elamin check in on two borders this week: the one Canada shares with the U.S. and the one Quebec shares with Ontario. In both cases, one side is dealing with a much more serious COVID-19 case load than the other. When it comes to Quebec, how did one region get hit so much harder than the rest of Canada? And looking south, might Canada feel pressured to reopen our border with the U.S.?
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Liberal government 'not thinking about raising taxes' right now, says Morneau
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says his government is not currently thinking about raising the GST or any other taxes but that Canada will have to face tough questions about how to pay for the COVID-19 pandemic response that is costing billions.
John Paul Tasker
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Health Canada issues recall of some KN95 masks made in China
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Geoff Leo
Canada -Saskatchewan |
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Patient advocacy group in Quebec says province violated seniors' rights with pandemic response
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40 food inspectors in Canada, including 21 in Alberta, have COVID-19, union says
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Rachel Ward
Canada -Calgary ||
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Students can apply for COVID-19 emergency aid beginning Friday
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Kathleen Harris
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Trudeau taps Karen Hogan to replace the late Michael Ferguson as auditor general
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Flight control software glitch haunted Cyclone helicopter during trials
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Murray Brewster
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MPs pass bill to increase dairy commission's borrowing limit
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Janyce McGregor
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Analysis
Pandemic or not, Canada still faces a climate crisis — and the clock is ticking
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Aaron Wherry
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Opinion
Where are the new ideas in this Conservative Party leadership race?
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Kory Teneycke
Opinion ||
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Conservatives accuse Liberals of misleading Canadians on Harrington Lake renovations
David Thurton
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StatsCan cracks down on early access to data after last week's jobs number leak
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Federal deficit likely to be higher than $252 billion, parliamentary budget officer says
John Paul Tasker
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Ottawa will distribute pandemic money now, 'clean up' fraudulent claims later, PM says
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Catherine Cullen
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Federal government fast-tracking temporary foreign worker approvals to fill labour gaps
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Kathleen Harris
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Canadians to help develop, test potential COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese company
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Amina Zafar
Health |
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Trudeau says government will be 'very, very careful' about any easing of border restrictions
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Catharine Tunney
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Ottawa examining new, existing tools to get web giants to pay up: Guilbeault
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Canada commits $600M to global vaccination efforts
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Levon Sevunts
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Seniors to receive up to $500 in a one-time payment to offset added costs due to COVID-19
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Kathleen Harris
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From soliciting bribes to abuse of authority, CBSA officers hit with hundreds of misconduct complaints
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Catharine Tunney
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Trudeau backs Bennett after Wet'suwet'en elected chiefs call for her resignation
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Olivia Stefanovich
Politics |
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