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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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  • NewsYahoo News

    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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    Baltimore longshoreman union seeks to help members affected by port blockage

    Baltimore's longshoreman's union represents the workers who load and unload the giant container ships that call on the city's massive port. The union is working to help members who may be impacted by the port's closure.

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    ‘Time to pay the social cost’ to 'This is just absurd': Canadians, experts react to Ontario school board decision to sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok

    Ontario school boards' lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok begs an important question: Should social media giants be held responsible for the impact on students?

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    At least 11 reported killed after Cyclone Gamane makes landfall in Madagascar

    At least 11 people were reported killed after Cyclone Gamane made landfall into northern Madagascar, according to officials. (AP/Michaël Tsimpa)

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  • US PoliticsReuters

    Biden restores endangered species protections rolled back by Trump

    The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rolled back under former President Donald Trump, giving the federal government more leeway to designate plants or animals as threatened or endangered. The 51-year-old Endangered Species Act, signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1973, is credited with helping to save the bald eagle, the California condor and numerous other animals and plants on the brink of extinction. In 2019, the Trump adm

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    Two dead in car crash after drive-by shootings in Montreal, watchdog investigating

    MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog says it is investigating the deaths of two men in Montreal who were fleeing from police when their vehicle struck a tree Thursday morning. The crash northeast of downtown happened shortly after two nearby drive-by shootings, which injured one man. The watchdog agency, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, said a Montreal police officer was responding to a 911 call reporting gunshots and dangerous driving shortly after 5:30 a.m. "The officer reportedly spotted

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