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'Broken system:' Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue

'Broken system:' Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue

FREDERICTON — Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of small-town Canada is experiencing.
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In The News for April 27 : More details on last year's mass stabbing in Saskatchewan

In The News for April 27 : More details on last year's mass stabbing in Saskatchewan

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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'You couldn't get away from it': 1953 Coronation was major topic at Canadian schools

'You couldn't get away from it': 1953 Coronation was major topic at Canadian schools

Ahead of Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953, Kenneth Munro’s Grade 2 class studied the history of the monarchy, staged a play about the Royal Family and all 700 students at his northern Ontario school listened live on radio as she took her oath.
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Alberta Premier Smith hopes funding for Flames arena won't become election issue

Alberta Premier Smith hopes funding for Flames arena won't become election issue

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a day after linking $330 million in provincial money for a Calgary NHL arena project to her United Conservatives getting re-elected, told reporters Wednesday she hopes it doesn’t become an election issue.
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Minister didn't authorize fake travel docs for Afghans, says he didn't check email

Minister didn't authorize fake travel docs for Afghans, says he didn't check email

OTTAWA — International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan told his fellow MPs Wednesday he did not know a Canadian senator was handing out unauthorized travel documents to hundreds of Afghans during the rise of the Taliban in 2021 because he wasn't c
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Mendicino announces first step of firearm buyback program, targeting industry

Mendicino announces first step of firearm buyback program, targeting industry

OTTAWA — The federal government is working with a national gun industryorganization to figure out how to compensate retailers that stock prohibited firearms, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says.
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B.C. coroner's inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray

B.C. coroner's inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray

BURNABY, B.C.
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Protected areas, fishing closures, to help B.C.'s threatened southern resident orcas

Protected areas, fishing closures, to help B.C.'s threatened southern resident orcas

VANCOUVER — The federal government has announced several measures, ranging from sanctuary zones to fishing closures, as it works to protect critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the British Columbia coast.
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Canadian military unlikely to conduct airlifts out of Sudan past this week: officials

Canadian military unlikely to conduct airlifts out of Sudan past this week: officials

Ottawa is unlikely to evacuate citizens from Sudan after this week, officials say, though it is not clear when Canadian planes will actually start airlifting people to safety.
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Liberals changing sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision

Liberals changing sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision

OTTAWA — The government moved Wednesday to change the criteria for who gets added to the national sex offenders database but repeat offenders and those convicted of serious sexual crimes against children will still be automatically required to regist
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