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Determination Farm, Gino Toscani purchase two slots for $1-million Mohawk Million

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — Determination Farm and owner/trainer Gino Toscani both purchased two slots for this year's $1-million Mohawk Million on Monday. The fourth edition of the race for two-year-old trotters will be held Sept.
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Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average

Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average

MONTREAL — Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec's Nunavik region. At the jail in Amos, Que.
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Lawsuit accuses B.C. government of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization

Lawsuit accuses B.C. government of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization

VANCOUVER — A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses the British Columbia government of "sexism and genocide" over a decades-long practice of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization and abortions. The lawsuit filed in B.C.
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government's unmarked graves contract

Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government's unmarked graves contract

OTTAWA — An Indigenous political organization representing 39 Ontario First Nations says it is "confounded" by a federal decision to hire an international organization to provide advice on unmarked graves.
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Singer Molly Johnson, entrepreneur John Kim Bell among GG Performing Arts laureates

Singer Molly Johnson, entrepreneur John Kim Bell among GG Performing Arts laureates

Learning she’d been awarded Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts elicited two extreme emotions from jazz singer and philanthropist Molly Johnson.
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Kraken partner with Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for jersey ad

Kraken partner with Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for jersey ad

The NHL’s Seattle Kraken have partnered with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to put the tribe's logo on their jerseys and help increase Indigenous youth participation in the area.
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International group asks to be given a chance on unmarked graves contract

International group asks to be given a chance on unmarked graves contract

OTTAWA — The head of an international organization Ottawa hired to give advice on identifying possible remains in unmarked graves at former residential schools said Wednesday that its coming work should be given a chance.
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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