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Stephanie Levitz
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News, Politics
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August 24th 2020
Conservative members sought stability on Monday, August 24, 2020, in choosing Erin O'Toole as leader after a campaign where he focused on keeping the party close to its "true blue" fundamentals.
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The ask is the bare minimum needed to maintain child-care spaces that existed before the pandemic, hiring new staff and to cover costs associated with enacting new pandemic safety protocols, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| August 22nd 2020
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The nine contenders jostling to replace Elizabeth May as leader of Canada’s federal Green party sought to win over its young members on Sunday in a debate arranged by its youth council.
Morgan Sharp
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
| August 24th 2020
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Among Erin O'Toole's jobs in the military was navigating a Sea King helicopter over the skies of Canada, and now he takes on the challenge of journeying through political terrain as the new leader of the federal Conservative party.
Stephanie Levitz
News, Politics
| August 24th 2020
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Private or public security forces are regularly deployed in support of extractive companies and to the detriment of the rights of women land defenders.
Gabriela Jiménez
Opinion
| August 23rd 2020
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Since July 19, Haudenosaunee people and allies have been peacefully occupying a construction site in Caledonia, Ont. The area, now called 1492 Land Back Lane, sits along a disputed tract of land that was promised to the Six Nations of the Grand River.
Emma McIntosh
News, Politics
| August 21st 2020
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There have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid−related deaths in Canada since 2016.
Nick Wells
News
| August 24th 2020
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Mounds of mangoes and pallets of peanut butter sit on a monochrome concrete floor. They’re islands of sustenance, dwarfed in the Greater Vancouver Food Bank’s cavernous warehouse — and a fraction of the roughly 40,800 kilograms of food that pass through the distribution center each week, explained the organization’s CEO, David Long.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| August 20th 2020
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From the archives
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Graham Saul
Opinion
| May 4th 2020
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