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Toronto area made progress but residents worry bus stop shootings will revive stigma – Toronto

For a Toronto community once notorious for crime and the influence of organized gangs, two shootings this month targeting innocent victims at the same spot, less than 24 hours apart, were more than just a chilling outbreak of indiscriminate violence. The shootings that killed a newcomer to Canada supporting four children in …

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Wolfe Island residents frustrated with lack of progress on Wolfe Islander IV – Kingston

The date when the Wolfe Islander IV will finally come into full service has been a moving target since the ferry was delivered nearly two years ago. The fall deadline set by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to have the Wolfe Islander IV in service has come and gone. “Yeah …

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Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents

Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show. Records obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act also appear to show that one of the sticking …

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Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progress

TORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve seen little to no movement. One large city says it is already feeling the impacts …

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City making progress in negotiations with protesters blocking Brady Road Landfill – Winnipeg

The City of Winnipeg is in talks with activists who’ve been blocking access to the Brady Road Landfill since Sunday. Some people have been camping out at the site calling for a search for the remains of missing Indigenous women Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, who police say were killed …

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Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season. Earlier this month, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed it had confiscated almost 2,000 …

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COP15: Progress slow but some agreements made at biodiversity talks, Guilbeault says

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there’s been agreement on one of Canada’s main goals at the international conference in Montreal aimed at protecting the world’s declining biodiversity. Guilbeault says the more than 190 nations at the COP15 meeting have agreed that Indigenous people must be fully consulted on conservation …

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2 weeks into COP27, Canada part of progress on loss and damage funding

It’s been nearly two weeks since Canada’s team of negotiators arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27, the UN climate change conference. Now, as delegates enter the final stretch of negotiations over various texts and communiques, what has Canada achieved during the conference? This was dubbed the “African COP” and has become …

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The reconciliation project is making progress — but not quickly enough for many

While Canada’s reconciliation project with Indigenous people is showing signs of progress, it’s moving much slower than many had hoped. When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report in 2015, it came with 94 calls to action demanding action by governments across Canada on a wide range of …

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