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Salt River First Nation chief, suspended for 17 months, wins another court judgment
Salt River First Nation's council can no longer have meetings to keep suspending its chief, a federal court judge has ruled, until the court holds a judicial review of the original suspension.The ruling, published Thursday, is the third federal court ruling since March in favour of Toni Heron, who was elected in September 2022 as chief of the First Nation in Fort Smith, N.W.T. Heron has been suspended for about 17 and a half months.Thursday's ruling from Justice Glennys McVeigh ordered an expedi
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VideoRingo Starr says 'not a lot of joy' in the 1970 documentary 'Let It Be'
Ringo Starr says there's "not a lot of joy" in Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 Beatles documentary, "Let it Be," which is slated to be made public for the first time when it heads to Disney+ in May. Starr says he prefers what director Peter Jackson did with the footage for his own docuseries, "Get Back." (April 19)
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Toronto looks to close short-term rental loopholes
Toronto city council says it has strengthened its short-term rental bylaw to crack down on operators who exploit regulatory loopholes.Council is raising registration fees, increasing vetting of hosts and allowing for snap inspections through changes to the city's short-term rental bylaw. The city will also hire nearly two dozen more inspectors.Council passed changes to the bylaw at a meeting on Thursday night.Mayor Olivia Chow said on Friday that the bylaw amendments will help to address the cit
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Police to search Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
Saskatoon police are planning to search the city's landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was 22 when she last seen in December 2020. “I must stress that Mackenzie is still considered a missing person and will be until we have direct information otherwise,” Deputy Chief Cam McBride said at a news conference Friday. Police said a substantial amount of data was collected last year as part of their investigation. Devices were seized and informati
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MPs grill 'incompetent' health agency on fired National Microbiology Lab scientists
OTTAWA — Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab defended security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations from MPs of bureaucratic incompetence Friday. "We acted as expeditiously as we could, given the information that was available," Public Health Agency of Canada head Heather Jeffrey said Friday. She testified at the House committee on Canada-China relations as it probes Ottawa's handling of two researchers at the Winnipeg lab, who left Canada after thei
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What is cloud seeding? How scientists hope to generate rain
Researchers have spent decades trying to ‘seed’ clouds and force them to generate rain or snow—with varying levels of success. Here’s how it works
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Judge orders shipping container removed from Surrey property
A B.C Supreme Court judge has ruled that a shipping container being used to store children's items on a residential property in Surrey, B.C., violates a city zoning bylaw, and must be removed.Praveen Kaur Koonar and Jaswinder Singh Koonar have been in a lengthy dispute with the City of Surrey over the container, which sits on a property Praveen Kaur Koonar owns. The property is zoned for single-family residential use.Justice Geoffrey Gomery's decision, which was handed down in February and poste
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