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Two Quebec women raped by foster father will sue child protection services: lawyer
MONTREAL — A lawyer representing two women who were sexually assaulted by a foster father 16 years apart plan to sue the regional health authority in Quebec City. Valérie Assouline says one of her clients, who was raped in 2004 at the age of 12, reported her assault to the health authority that oversees youth protection in the region but wasn't believed. She says children continued to be placed in the foster home until her other client, who was nine when she was first abused, reported the assaul
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Evacuation order downgraded to alert for wildfire near Chetwynd, B.C.
CHETWYND, B.C. — The Peace River Regional District has rescinded an evacuation order issued last night in response to an out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia. An update posted to the district's website says the order has been downgraded to an evacuation alert, and residents in the area near Chetwynd have been told to be ready to leave on short notice. The BC Wildfire Service website says local RCMP and the Chetwynd Fire Department had conducted a "tactical evacuation" for hom
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China must stop aiding Russia if it seeks good relations with West, NATO says
China must stop supporting Russia's war in Ukraine if it wants to enjoy good relations with the West, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, warning Beijing in unusually harsh words it cannot have it both ways. During a visit to Berlin, the chief of the Western military alliance said Beijing's help was vital to Moscow's war effort as it was propping up Russia's war economy by sharing high-end technology like semiconductors.
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Support gathers for controversial New York bill on sovereign debt ahead of legislature return
A number of former heads of state and policy makers have urged New York State lawmakers to push ahead with a bill that would alter the legal landscape governing over $800 billion in sovereign bonds from emerging markets ahead of the May 6 return of the state's legislature. The Sovereign Debt Stability Act aims to provide a sovereign debt restructuring mechanism by changing the state law governing about half of emerging market international bond contracts. If enacted, the bill would empower cou
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VideoSingh on EVs: Canada 'needs to be at the forefront of the future of transportation'
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spoke in Montreal on Thursday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced earlier a deal with Honda to bring electric vehicle (EV) battery and assembly plants to Ontario. “We’re going to need specific minerals — some of those minerals are available in Canada and the way that we extract those has to be also done in a manner where we are not contributing to the problem — we can do that,” Singh said.
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Makeshift slaughterhouse in a residential garage points to growing concerns about illicit meat sales
Inside a garage in an established Edmonton neighbourhood, animals were being slaughtered and the meat was advertised for sale to consumers, a CBC News investigation has learned.Police entered the rented garage in the quiet residential Woodcroft community in February 2023. Images shared with CBC News show piles of goat carcasses, tubs of blood and the remains of a skinned baby goat on a makeshift slaughter table.Neighbour John Bos told CBC News that the sounds of bleating goats first alerted him
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CP NewsAlert: Two 14-year-olds in Halifax charged with second-degree murder
HALIFAX — Police have charged two 14-year-olds with second-degree murder following the death this week in Halifax of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach. Halifax Regional Police issued a statement today saying the accused were arrested late Wednesday in the Sackville area, north of Halifax. They are scheduled to appear in Halifax youth court on Friday. Ahmad was found badly injured Monday in a parking garage next to the Halifax Shopping Centre, and he died later in hospital. That same day, two 16
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