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B.C. Métis group leaves Métis National Council assembly, mulls removal entirely

OTTAWA — The Métis National Council says its election for a new president will be delayed after the Métis Nation of British Columbia withdrew from its annual general assembly, leaving more questions about the future of the body that was a significant
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Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

OTTAWA — Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, echoing one of the findings in a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.
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U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history wins Cundill prize

U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history wins Cundill prize

MONTREAL — A U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history, “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America,” has won the Cundill History Prize.
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Manitoba bill would require judges to undergo education on domestic violence and more

Manitoba bill would require judges to undergo education on domestic violence and more

WINNIPEG — Manitoba may soon require new provincial court judges to take continuing education on intimate partner violence, sexual assault, systemic racism and other topics.
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Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Bearing images of animals and covered in body paint, hundreds of Indigenous people marched Wednesday in Brazil's capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional amendment that has the potential to paralyze and even
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Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Bearing images of animals and covered in body paint, hundreds of Indigenous people marched Wednesday in Brazil's capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional amendment that has the potential to paralyze and even
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Special interlocutor calls for 20-year probe into missing Indigenous children

Special interlocutor calls for 20-year probe into missing Indigenous children

OTTAWA — A final report into missing children and unmarked graves at residential schools is calling on the federal government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous chi
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Mayor didn't expect tight result in Ontario community vote to host nuclear waste site

Mayor didn't expect tight result in Ontario community vote to host nuclear waste site

Residents of an Ontario municipality voted in favour of hosting a deep geological repository for Canada's nuclear waste in an extremely tight referendum, and now the mayor says it's time to heal community fractures over the issue.
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Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier

Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it's getting more difficult to tell videos, voices and images generated with the technology from material that's real -- but he has an idea to aid in the battle.
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South Bruce residents vote in favour of allowing underground nuclear waste storage

South Bruce residents vote in favour of allowing underground nuclear waste storage

A second Ontario municipality has formally decided it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada's nuclear waste.
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