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Tribunal says $40B Indigenous child-welfare agreement doesn't satisfy all orders

OTTAWA — Federal ministers and the Assembly of First Nations expressed disappointment Tuesday as the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decided against approving a historic, $40 billion child-welfare settlement agreement.

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Ottawa police had tow trucks ready to remove semis before Emergencies Act: officer

OTTAWA — A senior Ottawa officer told the Emergencies Act inquiry Tuesday that police had tow trucks at the ready before the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act and would have moved on protesters with or without the new powers. Supt.

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Soldier facing more charges after speaking out against military's vaccine requirement

OTTAWA — A Canadian soldier who has publicly spoken out against the forced removal of hundreds of unvaccinated Armed Forces members is facing more charges.

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Vancouver police chief's gift rejected at tense Indigenous ceremony

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Tension reached a high point during a trauma-healing ceremony when a hereditary chief walked across a sand-covered floor and returned the gift he had received from Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer.

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Mendicino says email from Lucki doesn't mean Emergencies Act was unnecessary

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is brushing off concerns about an email the RCMP commissioner sent to his office hours before the government invoked the Emergencies Act last February that casts doubt on the notion that police needed t

Oct 25, 2022 3:43 PM Read more >

Family of woman found dead on ER floor asks Quebec coroner to reopen investigation

MONTREAL — The family of an 86-year-old woman who was found dead on the floor of a Montreal-area emergency room last year is calling for a new investigation into the circumstances of her death following the release of a coroner's report.

Oct 25, 2022 3:38 PM Read more >

Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy

Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation.

Oct 25, 2022 3:12 PM Read more >

Audit after N.S. mass shooting reveals flaws in RCMP decommissioning of vehicles

OTTAWA — Almost two years after the RCMP imposed a moratorium on the sale of its decommissioned vehicles, the police force has released an internal audit that uncovered a series of shortcomings.

Oct 25, 2022 3:04 PM Read more >

Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone

HALIFAX — An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

Oct 25, 2022 2:55 PM Read more >

A month after Fiona, some in western Newfoundland fear things will never be the same

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — For Peggy Savery, the hardest part of the day comes as she leaves work in her Newfoundland community of Port aux Basques and drives to the home she's been staying in with her husband and son.

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