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Iqaluit's water emergency has so far cost $1.5M, city may ask Nunavut for aid

Iqaluit's water emergency has so far cost $1.5M, city may ask Nunavut for aid

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says it has spent $1.5 million to date during the city's water emergency and plans to request financial assistance from the Nunavut government.
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New women's minister says focus on men in order to combat gender-based violence

New women's minister says focus on men in order to combat gender-based violence

OTTAWA — Freshly appointed Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien says as part of her effort to combat gender-based violence she intends to place a lens on men to understand why it happens in the first place.
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Post-pandemic health systems could be challenged by COVID-19 spending spike: CIHI

Post-pandemic health systems could be challenged by COVID-19 spending spike: CIHI

OTTAWA — A spike in health-care spending during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to some serious financial challenges for provinces as they work to rebuild their health systems in the aftermath, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Informat
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U.S. commerce secretary agrees to meet quarterly with Canada's industry minister

U.S. commerce secretary agrees to meet quarterly with Canada's industry minister

WASHINGTON — There may be gale-force winds of change in America's long-term political forecast, but Canada will keep pressing its case with the White House and Congress regardless of who ends up in control of Capitol Hill next year, Industry Minister
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Canadian who spent two years in Syrian prison camps fights Ottawa to return home

Canadian who spent two years in Syrian prison camps fights Ottawa to return home

OTTAWA — A Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps, now stranded in northern Iraq, wants a judge to compel Ottawa to give her an emergency passport so she can return home.
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Canada joins pledge to end public fossil fuel finance, shift resources to renewables

Canada joins pledge to end public fossil fuel finance, shift resources to renewables

Canada has joined the United States, United Kingdom and 21 other countries in a historic deal to stop new direct public finance for coal, oil and gas development by the end of 2022 and shift investment to renewable energy.
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Supreme Court of Canada sides with Antigua over registration of judgment in Ontario

Supreme Court of Canada sides with Antigua over registration of judgment in Ontario

OTTAWA — A Caribbean-based company has lost its fight in the Supreme Court of Canada to have Ontario register a judgment enforcing an order of a British judicial committee against Antigua and Barbuda. From 1971 to 2007, H.M.B. Holdings Ltd.
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Desmond inquiry: health professionals failed to share information before killings

Desmond inquiry: health professionals failed to share information before killings

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S.
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New defence minister says military sex misconduct cases will be handled by civilians

New defence minister says military sex misconduct cases will be handled by civilians

OTTAWA — In one of her first acts as Canada’s new defence minister, Anita Anand announced Thursday she had accepted a retired Supreme Court judge’s recent call to transfer the investigation and prosecution of military sexual misconduct cases to civil
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Disappointment and resignation as Quebec drops health worker vaccine mandate

Disappointment and resignation as Quebec drops health worker vaccine mandate

MONTREAL — Members of the medical community expressed disappointment and resignation on Thursday after the Quebec government cancelled its vaccine mandate for health-care workers, with some saying the decision is a symptom of wider problems in the sy
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