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Indigenous demonstrators erect teepee on Parliament Hill to protest Canada Day
Police had blocked the group just inside the gates to Parliament Hill on Wednesday evening as demonstrators carried wooden poles on their shoulders to erect a teepee.
B.C. women facing charges of uttering death threats against Premier Christy Clark
The calls involved "a general view of how government is performing," and came during B.C.’s election campaign, according to an appointed special prosecutor.
Alberta Health Services fires two employees over Indigenous racial slur
The organization that delivers health programs for the Alberta government has fired two employees over a racial slur made against an Indigenous educator.
Canada is in the right on softwood dispute, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Trudeau says his government will continue to work with the U.S. administration to find a resolution to the latest chapter of the long-running dispute over softwood lumber.
Record-breaking sniper shot in Iraq should be celebrated, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the record-breaking shot by a Canadian sniper in Iraq should be celebrated as an example of the military's excellence.
Advocates warn against treating nursing home murders as an isolated case
A cursory public inquiry simply won't be enough to get to the heart of the issue, say two advocacy groups for the elderly, after eight seniors were murdered under the care of a single nurse.
Not One More: Community vigil to be held in wake of teen suicides in Cape Breton
"With three suicides so close together, we feel that it’s a crisis now," says Nicole MacLean, community ministries co−ordinator with the Salvation Army.
PM Trudeau to take part in Global Citizen festival ahead of G20 in Hamburg
PM Justin Trudeau will champion gender equality and other global issues at a star-studded music festival before continuing the conversation with world leaders at the G20 summit in Germany next month.
Toronto Pride should be inclusive, pastor says at service before parade
Toronto's Pride parade began on Sunday, June 26, 2017, under cloudy skies with sporadic rain amid debate over whether this year's event took a step back in terms of inclusiveness.
Fisheries department looking into right whale deaths in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fisheries officials are trying to figure out what caused the recent deaths of several endangered right whales in the waters off eastern Canada.