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    Elections Canada head: few want agency regulating nomination races

    The head of federal elections, Stéphane Perrault, says he's spoken with political parties about whether nomination races need more rules, but he warned there is little appetite to have Elections Canada regulating these contests. The ongoing commission of inquiry into foreign interference is examining how federal candidates are nominated, and whether foreign states are able to influence who ends up on the ballot.

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    Calgary church welcomes drag artists to Easter Sunday sermon: 'Resurrection is about affirming who we are'

    A Calgary church will be incorporating drag artists and the trans community in its Easter sermon this Sunday, which also falls on Trans Visibility Day.

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    Four Saskatchewan family members died in murder-suicide, RCMP say

    NEUDORF, SASK. — RCMP say four members of the same family found dead earlier this week in a rural Saskatchewan home were the victims of a murder-suicide. Mounties say a 67-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman, along with their 30-year-old son, were killed on the property near Neudorf, about 130 kilometres east of Regina. The fourth victim, a 34-year-old man, died from self-inflicted injuries. RCMP say family have been updated on the investigation. Police did not publicly release the names of the

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    Trudeau won't say if he has spoken to Housefather since Gaza motion

    OTTAWA — Quebec MP Anthony Housefather remains undecided on his future more than a week after a House of Commons motion on Israel and Gaza left him questioning whether he will remain in the Liberal party. And Prime Minister Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying if he has even been talking to Housefather to try and keep him in the fold. Trudeau dodged the question today, saying only that he has spoken to Housefather many times over the years and that he is proud to head a caucus where multiple vie

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    B.C. First Nation, Catholic Church announce 'sacred covenant' to be signed on Easter

    KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Vancouver's Catholic Archbishop says a 'Sacred Covenant' agreement has been reached with the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., that announced the discovery the remains of more than 200 children at the site of a former residential school. Archbishop J. Michael Miller of the Catholic archdiocese of Vancouver says the agreement with the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc will open a "new chapter" in the relationship between the church and First Nations in B.C. Miller says the church recognizes i

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    Higgs champions NB shale gas development as a better climate plan than carbon pricing

    OTTAWA — New Brunswick's alternative to the federal carbon price would be to eventually ship liquid natural gas to Europe as an alternative to coal, Premier Blaine Higgs told a House of Commons committee Thursday. Higgs, appearing virtually before the House operations committee, said there is a business case for the plan, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's misgivings about the viability of shipping LNG out of Atlantic Canada. There is, however, just one problem. "We don't have a gas supply

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    Rescued Key Bridge construction worker couldn’t swim. Here’s what we know about the recovery effort.

    Julio Cervantes, one of eight construction workers who were plunged into the Patapsco River when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, did not know how to swim, according to his wife.

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