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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Vets Affairs 'March holidays' post: 'In trying to be apolitical we became political'

    OTTAWA — After a flood of angry comments, Veterans Affairs Canada staff found themselves working over the Easter weekend this year, scrambling to explain why one of the department's social media posts didn't actually mention the holiday. The post on March 29 — Good Friday — wished people a "happy March holiday season," prompting hundreds of questions online about what exactly constitutes the March holidays. A second post that specifically wished followers a happy Easter went live two days later,

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    Police order B.C. woman who praised Hamas not to protest for 5 months, says her group

    VANCOUVER — A pro-Palestinian activist group says its international co-ordinator, who was arrested in a Vancouver hate-crime investigation, was released with an order not to attend any protests for the next five months. The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network says Charlotte Kates was arrested by Vancouver police after she gave a speech last week praising the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas as "heroic and brave." Samidoun, an international activist group based in Vancouver that has

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  • ScienceThe Weather Network

    Metallic rain: Volcano spews thousands of dollars worth of gold daily

    The volcano has casually been emitting gold into the atmosphere for decades, scientists say.

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  • NewsCanadian Press Videos

    Aid drops into Gaza seen from south Israel; smoke seen from direction of Rafah at Gaza's Muwasi camp

    Aid was airdropped into the Gaza Strip on Thursday, while international pressure grows to reach a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel. (AP video/Joeal Calupitan and Mohammad Jahjouh)

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    Ottawa will appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Trudeau

    GATINEAU, Que. — The federal government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will ensure Ottawa is held to account no matter who is in power. He announced the plan to appoint a commissioner for modern treaty implementation Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., at a second annual meeting of self-governing Indigenous governments. "This is a lasting commitment to be a better treaty partner," he said. "To honour our ag

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  • NewsCBC

    Teen in critical condition after stabbing in Nepean

    A teenage boy was rushed to hospital after a stabbing in Nepean on Monday, Ottawa paramedics say.Shortly after noon, Ottawa police wrote on social media that officers were conducting a police operation in the 100 block of Constellation Drive.The teenager was in critical condition at the time, Ottawa paramedics told CBC.The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said a nearby high school did not go into lockdown following the stabbing.

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  • BusinessYahoo News

    2nd Boeing whistleblower found dead. Here's a timeline of the company's mounting problems.

    This is the second Boeing whistleblower to die in the last two months.

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