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Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard: Guilbeault

Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard: Guilbeault

OTTAWA — Canada is open to the idea of including a requirement to cut back on the production of plastic in a new global treaty to eliminate plastic pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday.
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Halifax-area residents board buses to view dozens of homes destroyed by wildfires

Halifax-area residents board buses to view dozens of homes destroyed by wildfires

HALIFAX — Scores of Halifax-area residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires boarded buses Friday to get a look at what little remains of where they used to live.
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Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,' legitimizing Russian invasion

Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,' legitimizing Russian invasion

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the United States and its allies should not support a cease-fire or peace talks to end the war in Ukraine until Kyiv gains strength and can negotiate on its own terms.
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Ontario lowers minimum age for lifeguarding to 15

Ontario lowers minimum age for lifeguarding to 15

TORONTO — Ontario has lowered the minimum age requirement to become a lifeguard to 15 years old, saying the change is aimed at addressing a staffing shortage across the province.
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Ghost guns banned under new Colorado law signed by governor

Ghost guns banned under new Colorado law signed by governor

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov.
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In gun law push, Tennessee governor's office memo says NRA prefers to 'round up mentally ill people'

In gun law push, Tennessee governor's office memo says NRA prefers to 'round up mentally ill people'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov.
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B.C. giving $4.5 million to upgrade children's hospice facility

B.C. giving $4.5 million to upgrade children's hospice facility

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has announced $4.5 million in new funding for Canuck Place to renovate and upgrade the Vancouver children's hospice.
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Bond granted for 3 activists whose fund bailed out people protesting Atlanta 'Cop City' project

Bond granted for 3 activists whose fund bailed out people protesting Atlanta 'Cop City' project

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Friday granted bond for three activists involved in supporting the protest against a planned police and fire training center in Atlanta that opponents have derisively dubbed “Cop City.
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Suit challenges Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over 'harmful' materials

Suit challenges Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over 'harmful' materials

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday challenges an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and booksellers to criminal charges if they provide “harmful” materials to minors.
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Disney lawsuit judge removes himself from case but not for reasons cited by DeSantis

Disney lawsuit judge removes himself from case but not for reasons cited by DeSantis

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others is disqualifying himself, but not because of bias claims made by the Florida governor. Chief U.S.
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