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    Houston pitches new volunteer organization to help during natural disasters

    Nova Scotians who want to help during natural disasters will be able to sign up for a new volunteer corps called the Nova Scotia Guard.Premier Tim Houston said Thursday that anyone with usable skills can register with the province, which will build a pool of volunteers who first responders and community organizations can call on during or after emergencies."You kind of want to over-resource these things," he said during a news conference. "You wish you had more people doing a search, more people

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Native Women's Association forced to lay off half its staff amid funding shortfall

    OTTAWA — The Native Women's Association of Canada says it was forced to lay off roughly half its workforce due to a major shortfall in federal funding. The advocacy organization says it received grants totalling $48 million last year as part of Canada's national apprenticeship program and other initiatives. This year, revenue dropped to $10 million, with funding for staff falling from $11 million to $3 million. As a result, the organization says it was forced to lay off 75 contract and permanent

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

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

    MONTREAL — Two men in their 20s died when their car collided with a tree Thursday morning in Montreal, not long after two nearby drive-by shootings. Quebec's police watchdog says it is investigating the crash in Montreal's Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie borough. Montreal police say the first drive-by shooting targeted a vehicle in the borough northeast of downtown around 5 a.m. A 41-year-old man was wounded in the upper body and taken to hospital, but his life is not in danger. The second shooting oc

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  • EntertainmentYahoo News Canada

    'Big Brother Canada' Season 12: Dinis Freitas says 'impressionable minions' are left in the house

    The backdoor, blindsided eviction keep coming on Big Brother Canada Season 12, with Dinis Freitas from Toronto voted out of the house.

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  • NewsReuters

    White House says US passed written warning of Moscow attack to Russia

    The White House on Thursday dismissed as "nonsense" Russia's charge of Ukraine's involvement in last week's attack on Moscow's Crocus City concert hall that claimed more than 140 lives, saying it was clear that Islamic State was "solely responsible." In a briefing to reporters, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said that the United States passed to Russian security services a written warning of an extremist attack on large gatherings in Moscow, one of many provided in advance.

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  • NewsReuters

    Russia says evidence links concert hall attackers to "Ukrainian nationalists"

    Russian investigators said on Thursday they had uncovered evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists". Russia has said from the outset that it is pursuing a Ukrainian link to the attack, even though Kyiv has denied it and the militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility. In a statement, the state Investigative Committee said for the first time that it had uncovered evidence of a

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Quebec judge to rule today whether man should stand trial for daycare crash deaths

    SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. — A Quebec court Judge will decide later today whether a man will stand trial on charges of first-degree murder for allegedly killing two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a transit bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the Ste-Rose neighbourhood of Laval, Que., on Feb. 8, 2023, killing two young children, aged five and four, and injuring six others. Quebec court Judge François Landry is presiding over the p

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