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Key architect of reconciliation: Judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73

Key architect of reconciliation: Judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73

WINNIPEG — A teepee and a sacred fire were set up in front of the Manitoba legislature on Monday to honour Murray Sinclair, as tributes poured in from across the country for the former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissi
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Quebec police watchdog investigates shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured in Far North

Quebec police watchdog investigates shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured in Far North

SALLUIT, Que. — Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after one person was killed and another injured in a shooting involving police in the northern territory of Nunavik.
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'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

WINNIPEG — Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73.
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Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says the Supreme Court of Canada has signed her son's death warrant by closing the door on a plea to hear his case.
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BCE signs deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for $5 billion

BCE signs deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for $5 billion

BCE Inc.'s share price took a hit on Monday after the company announced it has signed a deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for about $5 billion in cash. Shares in the company closed at $40.47, down $4.34 or around 9.7 per cent.
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Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is planning to force new doctors trained in the province to work in Quebec's public health-care system for the first few years of their practice, in a bid to slow the loss of physicians to the private sector and to ot
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Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products

Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals.
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'Canada is watching': New northern Alberta police service trying to lead by example

'Canada is watching': New northern Alberta police service trying to lead by example

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — On the second floor of a building where most offices are without doors, the ceilings hang low and the carpets don't match, the chief of Grande Prairie’s new police force gets down to work.
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Jacques Villeneuve calls thieves of late father's bronze monument soulless idiots

Jacques Villeneuve calls thieves of late father's bronze monument soulless idiots

MONTREAL — Jacques Villeneuve, the son of late Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, is lashing out at thieves who stole a bronze statue of his father from outside a Quebec museum in his honour, calling them "idiots.
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Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules

Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules

OTTAWA — Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday.
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