Canada will focus foreign aid on building 'mutual prosperity' with trading partners: MP

Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - The MP overseeing foreign aid says Ottawa wants to focus its international assistance efforts on countries that can generate economic spinoffs for Canadians.

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Anand to attend meeting in Washington as U.S. seeks international collaboration on critical minerals

Kelly Geraldine Malone / theglobeandmail - Rubio is hosting representatives from European, African and Asian nations

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Canadians support arrival of more Chinese electric vehicles, Leger poll suggests

Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - Most Canadians support allowing more Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in Canada despite some nagging concerns, Leger poll suggests.

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Parents to hold rally at Toronto public school in wake of teacher terminations, suspensions

Dave McGinn / theglobeandmail - Tensions at Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School have been rising since September, when new instructional model was adopted

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Manitoba government eyes marine conservation area in western Hudson Bay

Steve Lambert / nationalobserver - Oceans North, an environmental charitable group, said the region is a special ecosystem, home to roughly one-quarter of the world's beluga whale population.

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Toys "R" Us Canada seeks creditor protection under nearly $500M burden

Harry North / montrealgazette - All of its remaining stores will stay open during the process but the company signalled more closures to come.

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Eglinton LRT set to open Sunday, TTC CEO says

Jeff Gray / theglobeandmail - Phased opening planned; passengers will ride for free on the first day of operations

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NASA delays Artemis II mission after liquid hydrogen leak

David Wiechnik / westernstandard - A liquid hydrogen leak found during a “wet dress rehearsal” has caused NASA to delay the launch of the Artemis II mission.

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Montreal mayor says she got two flat tires due to potholes on busy street

sootoday - MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is sharing her own experience about one of the city's most infamous road problems after saying she blew two tires when she hit potholes on a busy Montreal street.

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Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants the Federal Court to force Ottawa's hand

Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home.

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Canadian woman, 39, dies after falling into waterfall basin at Japanese ski resort

Ling Hui / torontosun - The woman who reportedly went off a trail has been identified as a government employee

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Harper and Chretien talk Alberta separatism, Canadian sovereignty in Ottawa

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Speaking alongside Harper in Ottawa, Chrétien said there is a major shift in geopolitics that likely spells the beginning of the end for the American empire.

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Canadians sitting on $2B in uncashed federal cheques: Report

Brian Towie / torontosun - Families also left approximately $42.8 million in cheques for the Canada Child Benefit left uncashed.

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Former Edmonton cadets instructor charged with historic sexual assaults

Karen Bartko / globalnews - Edmonton police allege three teenage boys, who were cadets, were sexually assaulted on separate occasions between 2009 and 2016 by a man who was their cadet instructor.

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Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO

Ariel Rabinovitch / globalnews - The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

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Disabled train west of Toronto's Union Station causing major delays, commuter chaos

sootoday - TORONTO — GO Transit riders are facing significant delays after a train was disabled near Canada’s largest train station in downtown Toronto Monday morning.

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Groundhog Day 2026: Willie in Ontario, Fred in Quebec predict early spring's arrival

sootoday - HALIFAX — Canada’s famous prognosticating rodents are predicting an early spring. Wiarton Willie, in Bruce County, Ont.

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