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In Ecuador's highlands, an Indigenous community faces choice between 2 candidates they don't trust

In Ecuador's highlands, an Indigenous community faces choice between 2 candidates they don't trust

COCHAPAMBA, Ecuador (AP) — The two candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency in a second-round run-off never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are nowhere to be seen in this remote Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian highlands.
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Junos head says org faces 'complicated' questions around Buffy Sainte-Marie's awards

Junos head says org faces 'complicated' questions around Buffy Sainte-Marie's awards

TORONTO — The head of the Juno Awards says he's not rushing to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie's many honours with the music organization, even after it was confirmed last week that she was stripped of her Order of Canada.
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RCMP identify two men, two women shot and killed in home on Saskatchewan First Nation

RCMP identify two men, two women shot and killed in home on Saskatchewan First Nation

REGINA — RCMP have released the names of two men and two women killed last week on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan in order to help in their investigation.
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Claims process for First Nations child welfare class action opens in March, AFN says

Claims process for First Nations child welfare class action opens in March, AFN says

OTTAWA — First Nations children and their families who lived under Canada's First Nations child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 will be able to apply for compensation under a class-action settlement starting next month.
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Invictus Games for wounded veterans kicks off in Vancouver with star-studded ceremony

Invictus Games for wounded veterans kicks off in Vancouver with star-studded ceremony

VANCOUVER — Entertainers and dignitaries led by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, officially kicked off the 2025 Invictus Games in British Columbia on Saturday in a star-studded opening ceremony.
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Boost Indigenous business to counter Trump's tariff threats, leaders say

Boost Indigenous business to counter Trump's tariff threats, leaders say

OTTAWA — As U.S.
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Trudeau says Trump's comments about taking over Canada are 'a real thing'

Trudeau says Trump's comments about taking over Canada are 'a real thing'

Donald Trump is not joking when he says he'd like to make Canada the 51st state, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday, adding that the U.S. president's annexation plans are related to Canada's supply of critical minerals.
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Fast-track approval no guarantee of success for B.C. mines, researcher suggests

Fast-track approval no guarantee of success for B.C. mines, researcher suggests

VICTORIA — The mining industry is applauding the British Columbia government's decision to fast-track permits for several projects amid the ongoing U.S.
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RCMP continue investigating killings of 4 in home on Saskatchewan First Nation

RCMP continue investigating killings of 4 in home on Saskatchewan First Nation

REGINA — RCMP say the autopsies of four homicide victims found in a home in southern Saskatchewan are underway. They say the two men and two women discovered Tuesday on the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation have not been formally identified.
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Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. holds referendum on 'historic' written constitution

Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. holds referendum on 'historic' written constitution

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Online voting has begun in what the Heiltsuk Nation calls a historic referendum on a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast.
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