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Friday, November 3, 2017

Catherine McKenna demands reporter's outlet stops calling her 'climate Barbie' in terse exchange

Catherine McKenna

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna pounces on a Rebel Media reporter at the closing news conference of the environment ministers’ meeting in Vancouver, demanding his organization stop calling her a “climate Barbie.”



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Arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader

SPAIN-POLITICS/CATALONIA

A judge in Spain has issued an arrest warrant for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former councillors. Puigdemont says he will run in snap election.



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Russia, South Sudan and Venezuela are Canada's 1st targets using sanctions under Magnitsky Act

Cda Sanctions 20171103

The Canadian government used a powerful new legal weapon — The Magnitsky Act — for the first time Friday, slapping sanctions on 52 officials from three countries: Venezuela, South Sudan and Russia.



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Morneau is only minister still holding assets outside blind trust, ethics commissioner says

Question Period 20171026

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is the only cabinet member who currently holds assets outside a blind trust, though Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was previously in the same situation, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson says.



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Scheer blasts Trudeau for supporting Governor General after 'divine intervention' comment

Scheer Small Business 20170919

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for praising Gov. Gen. Julie Payette in the wake of Payette's suggestion that "divine intervention" did not play a role in the creation of life on Earth.



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Hepatitis C could be eliminated in Canada, but drug prices, screening barriers stand in the way

Marsha Lecour

About 70 million people, including an estimated 250,000 Canadians, are infected with hepatitis C worldwide. The majority could be cured of the liver-damaging virus in 12 weeks at a cost of just $50 US each, researchers say.



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Quebecer gets 7 years in prison for smuggling cocaine into Australia

roberge-Lagacé

Isabelle Lagacé, a Quebec woman who pleaded guilty to her role in importing more than 30 kilograms of cocaine into Australia, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on Friday.



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As Canada ignores NATO's request, Afghanistan slips further into chaos

APTOPIX Afghanistan

The latest figures on the Afghan war show a deteriorating security situation and growing Taliban influence.



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Legalized marijuana presents opportunity of a lifetime for Canadian entrepreneurs

Marijuana Small Towns 20170806

Canada's new pot entrepreneurs are scrabbling for a stake in the $23 billion business opportunity that comes with selling legal recreational marijuana. And they're looking beyond this country's borders.



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Ktunaxa profoundly disappointed but undeterred by Supreme Court ruling

Ktunaxa Nation at First Nations Summit

The Ktunaxa Nation lost its appeal at the country’s highest court in a unanimous decision released Thursday morning. The nation was fighting the approval of a ski resort in an area held sacred to them.



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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Indigenous child welfare rates creating 'humanitarian crisis' in Canada, says federal minister

Question Period 20170517

The disproportionate number of Indigenous children currently in the child welfare system has created a “humanitarian crisis” in the country, says Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott.



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Rideau Canal's downtown stretch declared contaminated site

Ottawa Paddle Access Point 20170603

A picturesque part of the Rideau Canal running through downtown Ottawa is now on a list of contaminated federal sites, Parks Canada announced Thursday.



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Mother charged in deaths of her 3 newborn babies

Saint-Jerome courthouse

A woman has been charged in connection with the deaths of three infants she gave birth to in separate pregnancies.



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Discovery of 'monster' planet surprises astronomers

Monster planet NGTS-1b exoplanet

Astronomers thought they knew how planets formed, but a new discovery of a massive planet around an unlikely star is giving them pause.



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'Unfair, unwarranted and deeply troubling': U.S. sets final import duties on Canadian softwood lumber

Softwood Lumber 20170425

The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday announced it will impose finalized softwood lumber import duties on several Canadian firms.



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Conservative MP Karen Vecchio says she faced harassment on Parliament Hill

Question Period 20160929

On the day the federal government released a report on harassment in Canadian worplaces, a Conservative MP says she experienced intimidation on Parliament Hill and complained to the Liberal whip about the behaviour of a parliamentarian.



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Mysterious void believed discovered in Great Pyramid of Giza

Khufu's Pyramid aerial view

Using cosmic rays, scientists believe they have found a large, internal structure in the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the massive Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo.



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Philpott calls emergency meeting with provinces on Indigenous child welfare

Question Period 20171024

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aboriginal child welfare, likening the current state of affairs to Canada's residential school legacy that forcibly removed young people from their culture and families.



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Highway 400 crash victim was father of 9 kids, 'loved his family,' widow says

Dunn family

One of the victims of the fiery crash on Highway 400 late Tuesday was a father of nine who "loved his family "and was ready to "do anything to help anybody," his wife says.



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Suicide crisis calls skyrocket after Fort McMurray wildfire

Mental Health

Fort McMurray’s crisis hotline has been inundated with calls as the city nears the 18-month mark after a massive wildfire devastated parts of the city. Many of those calls have been from residents contemplating suicide.



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