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Man killed in Manor Park neighbourhood
A 53-year-old man is dead after a shooting in a home in Manor Park.Emergency crews were called to the area of Birch Avenue and Hemlock Road at approximately 9:22 p.m. Friday, Ottawa police wrote in a statement Saturday morning.They found the man with life-threatening injuries. Police said he died at the scene shortly after.No arrests have been made. Police said the shooting appears to have been targeted and they don't believe there is an ongoing risk to public safety.The victim's name hasn't bee
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Fires in Happy Valley-Goose Bay under control with no current risk of explosion
Firefighters battled a blaze at a former airport hangar in Happy Valley-Goose Bay overnight Friday. In a statement released Saturday morning, the RCMP says the fire is now under control. (Submitted by RCMP)A statement released Saturday morning from Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP says the fires in the town and on the Canadian Forces Base are now under control and there is no risk of explosion.The police say firefighters battled the blaze throughout the night which caused extensive damage to a number
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Liberal government turning to influencers to get its message to younger Canadians
OTTAWA — Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch. They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada. Mathu and Gordon — Steph & Den, as they're known online — were among several content creators invited to Tuesday's federal budget lockup, where they got early access to Ottawa's new spending blueprint. It's an invitation typica
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Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say
SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. — Every morning, Indigenous men at the Waseskun Healing Centre north of Montreal gather for a healing circle, where they smudge, share stories and sometimes gain spiritual guidance from elders. The centre is the equivalent of a minimum-security prison but here, the men are called residents, rather than inmates, prisoners or offenders. At the end of a healing circle on an early-spring morning, elder Grégoire Canapé shares a teaching. "There’s this idea of bad apples
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Class-action lawsuit seeking other alleged victims of Edmonton Anglican priest
The lawyer for a class-action lawsuit by men who allege they were sexually abused by an Anglican priest in an Edmonton youth jail is trying to get in touch with any other potential victims.Last year, the Court of Appeal of Alberta overturned a lower court's ruling, certifying the class action – allowing the men to go ahead with their collective attempt to sue the Government of Alberta and the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton. "Many were quite clear that they would only come forward if i
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Saint John cleanup hopes to garner mass community support Saturday
With Earth Day on Monday, you might be inspired to think more deeply about the world around you — including in your own backyard.Dan Scott, a resident of the east side of Saint John and one of the organizers of a grassroots initiative called Taking Out the Trash, hopes to get people to not just think, but act, when it comes to taking care of the community. He wants to get 1,000 volunteers signed up for a community cleanup in Saint John on Saturday. The idea started when one of his friends, Willi
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Sask. arts mentorship program focused on northern communities awarded significant grant
A Saskatchewan arts non-profit that works with remote communities has secured a big funding boost from a national initiative focused on empowering Indigenous people."When I first heard the news, I was just emotional and overwhelmed because this work that we're doing, it's not just work. It's meaningful, spiritual work," said Holly Yuzicapi, an Indigenous artist and the co-founder of non-profit Community Arts Mentorship Programming (CAMP).CAMP will receive $175,000 per year for four years from a
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