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How to win while losing: private members’ bills and the virtues of going big

This is an excerpt from Minority Report, a weekly newsletter on federal politics. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. There is something to be said for doomed efforts — like the ill-fated private member’s bill that would have lowered the federal voting age to 16. Bill …

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Real versus fake: how replica guns can pose real problems

A frightening school lockdown in Regina last month that led to weapons charges against a 13-year-old girl has reignited the conversation about how replica weapons can pose a real threat.  Regina police were called to F.W. Johnson Collegiate around 9:15 a.m. CST on Sept. 23 for a report that someone …

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17 children among the dead in Indonesian soccer stampede

Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds on the Southeast Asian nation to explain how one of the world’s worst stadium disasters unfolded. Violence and hooliganism have long been features of Indonesian football, especially in places such …

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Canada significantly undercounts maternal deaths, and doctors are sounding the alarm

At five months pregnant, Claudia Wong knew it was normal to be uncomfortable some of the time. But she couldn’t shake the feeling something was wrong. The Pickering, Ont., woman had already gained about 14 pounds, significant on her small frame. She’d become so swollen her legs were “like sausages” …

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Federal minister calls Alberta minister’s pushback to firearm buyback ‘reckless’

The federal minister of public safety says Alberta’s justice minister is engaging in “political brinkmanship” regarding Ottawa’s assault weapon buyback program — and the RCMP’s role in it. The federal government banned more than 1,500 assault-style weapons in 2020 – now, they’re preparing to buy back those weapons. It’s a move that …

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Man linked to death of Noelle O’Soup was deemed ‘danger to public’ — then released from immigration custody

CBC News has uncovered disturbing new details about the deceased occupant of a Vancouver apartment where the remains of a 14-year-old Indigenous girl and a woman were found this spring. Van Chung Pham was ordered deported from Canada six years before police found the bodies of Noelle O’Soup and an as yet unnamed woman in his home in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood …

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Facing foreign conflicts, domestic disasters, Canada’s top soldier worries about readiness

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre says he’s worried about the Canadian Armed Forces’ readiness as it faces pressure both from the conflict in Ukraine and the need to respond to natural disasters at home. In an interview on Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday, Eyre said the two issues represented …

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18,000 Maritime Electric customers still without power 10 days after Fiona

If your data or internet is limited in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Fiona, click here for the CBC Lite version of the P.E.I. site.  As the 10th day after post-tropical storm Fiona dawns on P.E.I. life is in some ways returning to normal — but about 18,000 Maritime Electric customers are waking up …

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Iran’s supreme leader blames U.S., Israel for Mahsa Amini protests

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse the United States and Israel of planning the protests. The unrest, ignited by the death of a young woman in …

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Science table says Ontario needs new approach as COVID-19 burden set to fall on primary care

The burden of COVID-19 going forward will sit on the shoulders of primary care doctors and nurses if no new variant emerges, but the way that medical care is delivered must be reconsidered, Ontario’s now-defunct science table said Monday in its final bit of advice to the province. The Ontario …

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