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Quebec sees violent end of the week with two suspected femicides

Quebec sees violent end of the week with two suspected femicides

MONTREAL — Quebec's provincial police say a 49-year-old man was charged Friday following the death of his spouse, in what they allege could be the second femicide in the province within 24 hours.
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Canada's foreign affairs minister to visit Europe for meetings on Ukraine

Canada's foreign affairs minister to visit Europe for meetings on Ukraine

OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign affairs minister is travelling to Europe for meetings to address the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mélanie Joly announced Saturday that she will visit Finland, Germany and Belgium.
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Inuit leader met in Rome with head of Catholic order to discuss charge against priest

Inuit leader met in Rome with head of Catholic order to discuss charge against priest

ROME — The leader of the national organization representing Inuit people says he had a meeting with the head of a Catholic order in Rome to discuss the case of a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut.
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Craft beer and wine sectors calling for changes to excise duties in budget

Craft beer and wine sectors calling for changes to excise duties in budget

OTTAWA — Canadian craft alcohol producers are hoping excise tax changes are brewing in the federal finance minister’s office.
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Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP deal

Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP deal

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025 — the year a deal between the NDP and the Liberal government is set to expire.
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Winning ticket for $70 million Lotto Max jackpot sold in the Prairies

Winning ticket for $70 million Lotto Max jackpot sold in the Prairies

TORONTO — After going unclaimed for weeks, the whopping $70 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw has been won by a lottery player in the Prairies. The exact location of where the ticket to riches was sold has yet to be revealed.
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Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19

Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19. May says on Twitter that she found out on Thursday and is very sick.
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April Fools' Day meets 4/20: U.S. House votes in favour of decriminalizing cannabis

April Fools' Day meets 4/20: U.S. House votes in favour of decriminalizing cannabis

WASHINGTON — Friday on Capitol Hill was more 4/20 than April Fools' Day as Democrats in Congress once again cleared a significant hurdle in their fight to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level in the United States.
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Reactions to the Pope's apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools

Reactions to the Pope's apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools

Pope Francis apologized at the Vatican on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The pontiff, speaking in Italian, asked for God's forgiveness for the deplorable conduct of members of the Catholic Church.
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U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border

U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border

WASHINGTON — Farmers in Prince Edward Island got the all-clear Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resume sending some of the world's most celebrated table potatoes back over the Canada-U.S. border.
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