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Orca's escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for 'generations,' say Nations
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A killer whale calf made her own bid for freedom Friday for a potential reunion with extended family in the nearby ocean, swimming under a bridge at high tide and out of a remote Vancouver Island lagoon where she had been trapped for more than a month. The orca has been the focus of intense rescue efforts since March 23 when her pregnant mother became stranded on a rocky beach and died near the bridge in the small inlet next to the community of Zeballos, B.C. The Ehattesaht and
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Cap on plastic production may be too complicated for global treaty: Guilbeault
OTTAWA — A global treaty to end plastic waste can be ambitious and successful without firm caps on plastic production, which are hard to design and harder to get agreement on, Canada's environment minister said Friday. Negotiators from 175 nations are in Ottawa trying to solidify some of the details of such a treaty, which is supposed to be finalized this fall in Korea. A cap on plastics is among the most contentious items on the table. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said there's a need
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B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to "urgently change" the province's decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby said Friday the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. The U-turn by the provincial government comes after repeated criticism from politicians, health workers and police about decriminalization policies including open drug use in public spaces. T
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'I just want to be safe': Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze
OTTAWA — The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko. The 18-year-old's youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022. With harrowing experiences of war behind him, he recently graduated high school, competes internationally as a rower and is determined to study finance in a few years. But a recent decision to restrict consular services for fighting-aged Ukrainian men has made him feel less certain of his next steps
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AFN chief says Air Canada offered a 15% discount after her headdress was mishandled
OTTAWA — After the Assembly of First Nations' national chief complained to Air Canada about how staffers treated her and her ceremonial headdress on a flight this week, she says the airline responded by offering a 15 per cent discount on her next flight. "It must have been a generic response," Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said in an interview, calling the entire experience "humiliating" and "unbelievable." Woodhouse Nepinak said in a social media post Thursday that her headdress and its case were tak
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Supreme Court rules military judges sufficiently independent from chain of command
OTTAWA — The constitutional right of judicial independence is not compromised for soldiers appearing in front of military judges, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Nine members of the Canadian Armed Forces had appealed different cases, arguing that military judges may have divided loyalties because they are also military officers who are part of a chain of command. Some of the military judges in those cases agreed that they lack judicial independence, because they could be vulnerable to pre
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2024 Hot Docs 'An Unfinished Journey': 4 women leaders who fled Afghanistan fighting against gender apartheid
An Unfinished Journey part of the 2024 Hot Docs Festival documents four women who resettled in Canada After the 2021 Taliban take over in Afghanistan.
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