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Sombre start to Filipino Heritage Month in B.C. as festival attack's shadow lingers

Sombre start to Filipino Heritage Month in B.C. as festival attack's shadow lingers

British Columbia is marking the start of this year's Filipino Heritage Month with a sombre tribute to the victims of April's deadly attack at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day Festival.
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Carney names former UN ambassador Blanchard as chief of staff

Carney names former UN ambassador Blanchard as chief of staff

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his permanent chief of staff on Sunday, appointing Marc-André Blanchard, Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations, to one of the most powerful posts in Canadian politics.
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B.C. ostrich farm facing cull ponders moving birds to U.S. as 'last resort'

B.C. ostrich farm facing cull ponders moving birds to U.S. as 'last resort'

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The family that operates a British Columbia ostrich farm facing a federal cull says it may look into the process of moving the birds to the United States as a "last resort.
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NDP says government needs to be more transparent in trade talks with the U.S.

NDP says government needs to be more transparent in trade talks with the U.S.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney should honour the Liberal government's past promises to the NDP and table information about any U.S. trade talks in the House of Commons, the party's interim leader says.
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Ports, mines and pipelines top premiers' wish lists ahead of meeting with Carney

Ports, mines and pipelines top premiers' wish lists ahead of meeting with Carney

OTTAWA — Canada's premiers are heading into to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon Monday armed with their wish lists for major "nation-building" projects that could buttress the economy in the face of a U.S. trade war.
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More evacuations ordered as crews battle wildfires burning in Manitoba

More evacuations ordered as crews battle wildfires burning in Manitoba

FLIN FLON — More people in northern Manitoba were told to leave their homes Saturday and Saskatchewan's premier warned the number of evacuees in his province will likely climb as wildfires continued to threaten communities and send thick smoke into t
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Rallies held to stir up support for Canada Post workers across the country

Rallies held to stir up support for Canada Post workers across the country

Saturday's rallies come amid escalating tensions between the two sides and what Canada Post has described as an impasse in efforts to reach a new collective agreement.
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B.C. ostrich farm at heart of avian flu debate upbeat despite looming federal cull

B.C. ostrich farm at heart of avian flu debate upbeat despite looming federal cull

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the infection at the farm is a mutation of the avian flu not seen elsewhere.
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Quebec to seek leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada

Quebec to seek leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada

MONTREAL — Quebec will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal a ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violates English-language minority education rights.
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Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms

Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms

OTTAWA — Price Carter is planning to die this summer. The 68-year-old has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He knows it will take his life eventually; before it does, he intends to die on his own terms with his family at his side.
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