NDP confirms five contestants for leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Five candidates have met the final requirements in the NDP’s leadership election and will have their names on the ballot when party members choose a new leader for the beleaguered party. Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson …
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Anandasangaree says lack of help from some provinces, police won't thwart gun buyback
sootoday - OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he doesn't foresee logistical challenges in gathering up banned firearms through a federal buyback program, despite the refusal of several provinces and police forces to help.
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Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec’s private doctors' federation challenges a law requiring new doctors to work five years in the public system, calling it discriminatory and harmful to patient care.
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Alberta RCMP investigate homicide after woman found dead in St. Albert apartment, baby also believed killed
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - St. Albert RCMP are investigating the death of a 23-year-old woman after her remains were discovered in an apartment near Rivercrest Cres. on Frday.
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West Edmonton Mall locked down for 2nd time in a week due to weapon complaint
Karen Bartko / globalnews - For the second time this week, police responded to a weapons complaint that forced West Edmonton Mall to go into lockdown.
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Ontario’s police watchdog not investigating alleged assault on lawyer at courthouse
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Ontario's police watchdog says it is not currently investigating allegations that police officers assaulted a lawyer at an Oshawa, Ont., courthouse.
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General Motors reduces production at Oshawa facility, up to 1,200 jobs lost
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - TORONTO — General Motors Canada is set to eliminate one production shift at its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant, a move expected to affect between 1,100 and 1,200 workers across the automotive supply chain.
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WARMINGTON: ‘Dangerous’ Toronto jail escapee nabbed — but how did he get out in the first place?
Joe Warmington / torontosun - Steven Alexander Guzman Marroquin was able to impersonate another inmate set for release from the Toronto South Detention Centre
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‘Multiple fatalities’ in Quebec First Nation shooting, community under lockdown: chief
Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - Cree Nation of Mistissini Chief Michael Petawabano is urging members of the community to stay in their homes and lock their doors as police investigate.
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Angry Humboldt Broncos families say Netflix hockey tragedy series hits too close to home
Bill Graveland / theglobeandmail - Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when a truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus in 2018
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Carney meets with Canada's premiers in Ottawa today
The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - Canada's premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney later today with the renewal of North America's trilateral free trade agreement casting a shadow over the meeting.
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