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'We lost our way': Manitoba Tories sorry after rejecting landfill search for women

'We lost our way': Manitoba Tories sorry after rejecting landfill search for women

WINNIPEG — The interim leader of Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives apologized Wednesday to the families of two slain First Nations women after refusing to search a landfill for their remains and touting the decision in a provincial election campai
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Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air

Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air

MONTREAL — Michael Hale still recalls the moment COVID-19 upended his world.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie says she never denied U.S. citizenship, has returned Order of Canada medals

Buffy Sainte-Marie says she never denied U.S. citizenship, has returned Order of Canada medals

TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada medals “with a good heart” and reasserts that she never lied about her identity, as more institutions deliberate what to do about the musician's many accolades in the absence of p
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Minister says he hopes Métis boarding school settlement will help the community heal

Minister says he hopes Métis boarding school settlement will help the community heal

OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Tuesday he hopes a federal settlement with Métis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal.
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Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing

Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon who are calling for the government to stop oil and gas projects in their territory took their case to an international human rights body on Tuesday.
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Indigenous migrants in northern Colombia battle worsening droughts and floods

Indigenous migrants in northern Colombia battle worsening droughts and floods

MAICAO, Colombia (AP) — Standing next to her makeshift home of scrap metal, wood and plastic tarp, 47-year-old Nelly Mengual recounts how severe flooding and winds tore off her roof a few months ago, leaving her knee-deep in water in her home.
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Survivors of boarding school in Saskatchewan say agreement in principle reached

Survivors of boarding school in Saskatchewan say agreement in principle reached

ÎLE-À-LA-CROSSE, Sask. — Survivors of a boarding school that housed Métis and First Nations children in Saskatchewan say they've reached an agreement in principle with the Canadian government.
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Teenage boy charged with murder in stabbing death on First Nation in Manitoba

Teenage boy charged with murder in stabbing death on First Nation in Manitoba

LONG PLAIN FIRST NATION — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after the stabbing death of a man from a First Nation west of Winnipeg.
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'Team Rustad' prevails at B.C. Conservative AGM, leader says difference is strength

'Team Rustad' prevails at B.C. Conservative AGM, leader says difference is strength

NANAIMO, B.C. — "Team Rustad" has prevailed at the B.C. Conservatives' first annual general meeting since storming into the province's mainstream political scene in last year's election and becoming the official Opposition.
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Man who killed Indigenous woman in northern Alberta released from prison

Man who killed Indigenous woman in northern Alberta released from prison

EDMONTON — Nicole Gladue-Weesemat wailed after learning the man who stabbed her mother in northern Alberta a decade ago, then moved her dead body to Manitoba, is out of prison.
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