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Minister 'outraged' as AFN national chief says headdress taken from Air Canada cabin
OTTAWA — The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is calling on Air Canada to "make things right" with the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, who said her headdress was removed from an airplane cabin during a flight this week. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who leads the advocacy organization, said in a social-media post Thursday her headdress and its case were taken away and put in a garbage bag. She said the incident left her with hurt feelings, and Air Canada needs a protoco
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Child hit by transport truck in Etobicoke, hospitalized
An 11-year-old boy is in critical condition after being hit by the driver of a transport truck in north Etobicoke Friday morning, Toronto police say.According to investigators, the incident happened in the area of Albion Road and Elmhurst Drive around 8:52 a.m.The driver of the truck was going north on Albion Road when the child was struck as he was trying to cross the road, Duty Insp. Jeff Bangild told reporters at the scene.The driver of the truck stopped, and the boy was rushed to the Hospita
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Aamjiwnaang First Nation declares state of emergency over industry benzene leak
OTTAWA — Aamjiwnaang First Nation is declaring a state of emergency over a benzene leak linked to a neighbouring petrochemical facility. The community near Sarnia, Ont., which is surrounded by industrial facilities, raised the alarm last week as citizens fell ill and closed its offices to limit exposure to the cancer-causing substance. Leaders from the First Nation and international environment advocates also wrote to the federal environment minister on Thursday asking him to take immediate step
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VideoPro-Israeli demonstrators gather at Columbia University in New York
Pro-Israeli demonstrators gathered at Columbia University in New York on Friday, rallying for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
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RCMP say they are investigating dead body of woman found near Moose Mountain area as homicide
RCMP say officers are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in southeast Saskatchewan as a homicide.According to a news release issued Thursday, they received a report of a potential homicide on April 24. It led their major crimes unit to begin the search of the landfill in the community of Oxbow, about 250 kilometres from Regina. However, no human remains were found. Her body was found around noon Thursday in a rural location in the Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain. The re
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VideoRabbis arrested at a protest in Israel demanding a ceasefire in Gaza
A group of American and Israeli rabbis demonstrated in southern Israel near the Gaza border to demand a ceasefire and the delivery of aid to the Strip. Israeli police blocked the protesters and made few arrests. (AP Video: Shlomo Mor)
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Supreme Court rules military judges sufficiently independent from chain of command
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the constitutional right of judicial independence is not compromised for soldiers appearing in front of military judges. Nine members of the Canadian Armed Forces argued 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 pressure from higher ranks. But the mil
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