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Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear argu...
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Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington. Trump is threatening to impose 25 pe...
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Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland says her promise to repeal changes to the capital gains tax was made in response to Donald Trump's election in the United States. Freeland is running...
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Man charged with murder in B.C. shooting that left one dead, another injured
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in a shooting in British Columbia's northeast that left one person dead and another injured. Mounties in Dawson Creek say a 23...
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Canadians behind Oscar-nominated residential school doc 'Sugarcane' hope to ‘illuminate the truth’
Ed Archie NoiseCat says he's excited his son Julian Brave NoiseCat's documentary about a residential school in Canada has been nominated for an Oscar - and he hopes the recognition will bring more awa...
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California Legislature approves $2.5B for state response to Los Angeles-area fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California bolstered funding to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires under a more than $2.5 billion fire relief package approved Thursday by the...
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Payments to shortchanged caregivers of kids with disabilities satisfy B.C. watchdog
VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson says he's satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that shortchanged caregivers of children with disabilities to the tune of more than $1 mill...
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Wild bring back Kaprizov and Spurgeon from injuries before game vs. Utah
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild have managed to hold together a highly competitive team all season despite a series of injuries that have sidelined several of their most important players. T...
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Golden Knights center William Karlsson is week-to-week with lower-body injury
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The slumping Vegas Golden Knights suffered another loss Thursday when they announced center William Karlsson is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. The club recalled Tanner Laczyns...
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Quick quotes: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which prohibits public sector workers in positions of authority, including teachers and...
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