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• RCMP applicants endured ‘improper and invasive’ medical exams for years, lawsuit alleges

  16-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  One thousand RCMP employees, past and present, allege as part of a class-action lawsuit headed to Federal Court this month, that they were subjected to “improper and invasive” breast, genital and rectal exams during mandatory medical screening, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Federal Court of Appeal to rule on Liberals' use of Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests

  16-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Federal Court of Appeal is expected to give its decision Friday morning on whether the Liberal government unlawfully invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital and border points in 2022.
  
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• Federal Court of Appeal decision on use of Emergencies Act expected Friday

  16-01-2026 10:00 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Federal Court of Appeal Chief Justice de Montigny is expected to deliver a decision Friday on the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests. The appeal decision follows a ruling by the Federal Court in 2024 that the invocation of the act in response to the protests was unreasonable, unjustified, and violated Charter rights. Following the decision, then deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland vowed her government would appeal the
  
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• Long lineups in central Alberta to sign petition for province to leave Canada

  16-01-2026 03:16 via cbc.ca
  Large crowds of people lined up around the block outside a pair of packed community halls in central Alberta on Wednesday night, to attend town meetings focused on the idea of the province seeking independence from Canada.
  
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• What the City of Calgary’s property assessments mean for your taxes in 2026

  16-01-2026 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  The value of residential properties in Calgary rose by just one per cent this year, according to the city's assessment, after jumping 15 per cent last year.
  
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• Carney set to meet Xi Jinping, while canola producers and automakers hold their breath

  16-01-2026 02:45 via nationalpost.com
  BEIJING — As Prime Minister Mark Carney meets President Xi Jinping Friday in Beijing, few industries will be watching as intently as Canada’s canola producers and electric vehicle manufacturers. For Canada’s canola industry, the hope is that Carney will secure relief from crippling Chinese tariffs ranging from 76 to 100 per cent that have effectively cut farmers off from their second largest export market. Same for Canadian pork and seafood workers, who are dealing with 25 per
  
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• Carney meets with Xi Jinping, while canola producers and automakers hold their breath

  16-01-2026 02:45 via nationalpost.com
  BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney told Chinese President Xi Jinping he believes Canada and China can make “immediate” trade progress in agriculture, energy, and finance, as Xi said he was “heartened” by the “turnaround” in relations between both countries. Carney’s comments at the opening of a much-anticipated meeting between both leaders signal a potential breakthrough in tariff relief for Canadian canola. Last year, China stuck 76 per cent to
  
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• Closing the gap: RMs say more needs to be done to cover growing infrastructure deficit

  16-01-2026 02:41 via globalnews.ca
  Advocates for rural municipalities are speaking out over what they say is a growing deficit in funding for infrastructure projects across rural Alberta.
  
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• B.C. schoolchildren excused from class with note from prime minister

  16-01-2026 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Prince Rupert earlier this week, speaking with Coastal First Nations and then got to meet some younger fans.
  
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• Okanagan Humane Society swamped with dog rescues two weeks into 2026

  16-01-2026 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  Just two weeks into 2026, OHS has already taken in 42 dogs.
  
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• City of Kelowna says ‘new faces’ may be contributing to ongoing crime

  16-01-2026 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  “It’s sad. You don’t want to see people on the street,” Daniels said. “I’m not against helping people in poverty, but there are definitely more people.”
  
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• Winnipeg Grade 7 students design Nestaweya River Trail warming hut

  16-01-2026 00:56 via globalnews.ca
  Grade 7 students submitted the design and created the elements that will decorate the interior, including a painted fireplace and homemade books.
  
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• Mother of missing N.S. children accused ex partner of violence against her, RCMP documents reveal

  16-01-2026 00:20 via nationalpost.com
  RCMP documents connected to the investigation into disappearance of Nova Scotia children Jack and Lilly Sullivan, are now showing that their mother told police her ex common-law partner was sometimes physically violent with her. RCMP investigators had asked Malehya Brooks-Murray whether her then common-law partner Daniel Martell was physically abusive. She alleged that “he would try to block her, hold her down and once he pushed her. She said he would also take her phone from her when she
  
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• N.S. missing kids: Mother accused partner of abuse, court documents reveal

  15-01-2026 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Lilly and Jack Sullivan — aged six and four at the time — were reported missing on May 2, 2025, from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., in Pictou County.
  
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• Collision between VIA train and snowplow causes major delays

  15-01-2026 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Rail service was disrupted after a VIA train collided with a snowplow in Scarborough. Tracks have reopened, but delays and cancellations continue.
  
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• B.C. premier downplays RCMP report linking Indian government to Bishnoi gang

  15-01-2026 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  David Eby was responding to a Global News report during his trade mission to India
  
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• Nova Scotia man accepts bravery award, but events of house fire still haunt him

  15-01-2026 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Gerrid Hunt was among four people who received the 2025 Nova Scotia Medal of Bravery. Hunt rescued his neighbour during a house fire, which claimed the lives of three children.
  
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• Authorities investigate downtown Winnipeg hotel fire, cite past safety issues

  15-01-2026 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  A vacant Winnipeg hotel with known safety compliance issues was destroyed by fire, forcing evacuations as the cause remains under investigation.
  
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• Mexico confident CUSMA will remain as Trump suggests it could expire

  15-01-2026 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard insisted on Thursday that the CUSMA remains firmly intact and that the three countries will close a deal to extend it.
  
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• Prince George, B.C., teen charged with manslaughter in overdose death of 16-year-old girl

  15-01-2026 21:50 via cbc.ca
  Police say the young victim was found unresponsive at a home in Prince George, B.C., in 2024 and later died in hospital.
  
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• Canada entering ‘new era’ of relations with China, Carney says in Beijing

  15-01-2026 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  The prime minister made the comments as he was welcomed in Beijing by the second- and third-most-powerful figures in China’s political system.
  
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• 17-year-old charged with manslaughter in overdose death of 16-year-old girl in Prince George, B.C.

  15-01-2026 21:50 via cbc.ca
  Police say the young victim was found unresponsive at a home in Prince George, B.C., in 2024 and later died in hospital.
  
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• California company plans moon hotel, accepting $1M deposits for rooms

  15-01-2026 21:22 via nationalpost.com
  A California start-up company is offering travellers an early reservation at a proposed hotel on the moon. But there’s a hefty deposit of $1,000,000 required. And the tentative opening date isn’t for another six years. Galactic Resource Utilization Space was founded by Skyler Chan, a graduate of the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. The company bio for the 22-year-old says he has built vehicle software at Tesla, constructed a NASA-funded 3D pr
  
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• Disbarred Calgary lawyer forged court documents, keeping client from child, judge hears in guilty plea

  15-01-2026 21:12 via cbc.ca
  A Calgary lawyer who falsified court documents and repeatedly lied to a client, causing the man to miss out on parenting time with his youngest child, pleaded guilty to forgery on Thursday. 
  
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• Early design concept unveiled for new Toronto subway cars

  15-01-2026 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  New renders released by the provincial government on Thursday show that replacement trains and cars on Toronto's Line 2 will be bright red, with black and white detailing.
  
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• 2 people seriously injured in pit bull attack east of Edmonton: RCMP

  15-01-2026 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said officers responded to a call Wednesday of two dogs who attacked their caretakers at a home in Vermilion, about 190 kilometres east of Edmonton.
  
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• Why Canada doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Iran anymore

  15-01-2026 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's strained relationship with Iran goes back more than a decade, when a Conservative government under former prime minister Stephen Harper cut diplomatic ties with Tehran.
  
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• New community complex opening in Rothesay, N.B. includes rink, hub for seniors

  15-01-2026 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  A new community complex is taking shape in Rothesay, N.B., that will include a hockey rink, indoor basketball and pickleball courts, a walking track and a community police station.
  
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• Pete Hoekstra says U.S. 'does not need Canada'

  15-01-2026 19:31 via nationalpost.com
  U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra delivered another blunt assessment of the Canada-U.S. relationship during a wide-ranging radio interview this week, saying the U.S “does not need Canada,” even as he praised the nations’ deep economic relationship. Hoekstra, speaking with host Elias Makos on Montreal’s CJAD 800, defended recent rhetoric from President Donald Trump that the U.S. could easily replace Canadian-made products. “The problem is, we don’t need t
  
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• Infant girl dies of injuries after January crash in Laval, Que., that killed sister

  15-01-2026 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  Police say a five-month-old girl has died from injuries she sustained in a multi-vehicle crash earlier this month in the Montreal area that also killed her six-year-old sister.
  
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• Alberta orders fatality inquiry into death of man at Edmonton emergency room

  15-01-2026 19:03 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta government has announced a judge-led fatality inquiry to learn more about what happened when a man died
  waiting for care in an Edmonton hospital.
  
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• Alberta health officials to deliver update on hospital capacity as doctors declare crisis

  15-01-2026 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Albertans will get an update Thursday on the state of the province’s acute care system as frontline doctors continue to declare that provincial hospitals are dangerously overcrowded.
  
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• Woman at centre of Chinese family's immigration nightmare now facing charge in Sask.

  15-01-2026 18:54 via cbc.ca
  It's the first time the province has laid a charge against an unlicensed consultant.
  
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• Toronto child welfare workers consider strike action over workload

  15-01-2026 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Staff at the Toronto Children's Aid Society will decide whether or not to a strike mandate in bargaining as they push for better work conditions and balance.
  
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• Mother says son was ‘savagely bitten’ at Toronto-area group home amid staff strike

  15-01-2026 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  The mother of a man living in a Toronto-area group home at the centre of a bitter labour dispute says she is seeking accountability after he was "savagely bitten" on the neck.
  
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• Toronto's snow day is bad but at least the city didn't have to call in the army

  15-01-2026 18:25 via nationalpost.com
  On Thursday, Torontonians woke to a blanket of snow over the city with more coming down. Closures in the Greater Toronto Area included schools, universities, the Toronto Zoo and even the Don Valley Parkway, after black ice accumulated on the road. TTC routes and the airport were affected as Environment Canada issued a yellow alert, then upgraded it to orange. But at least the city didn’t have to call in the army. The memory of that day will remain as long as there are seasons. (Even if Tor
  
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• School absenteeism is growing across Canada and skyrocketing in these Quebec districts

  15-01-2026 18:21 via cbc.ca
  The rate of school absenteeism has grown over the last few years, according to public school district data obtained by CBC News. Some kids are now relying on organizations after missing months, even years of school.
  
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• Speed skating Olympians Weidemann, Maltais, Blondin headline Canada's long track team for Milan Cortina

  15-01-2026 18:06 via cbc.ca
  A team of 15 speed skaters, including eight women led by 2022 Olympic triple medallist Isabelle Weidemann, will compete in long track for Canada in February at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina.
  
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• Elon Musk’s X facing Canadian privacy probe over sexualized deepfake images

  15-01-2026 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Elon Musk-owned company announced Wednesday it would restrict AI chatbot from 'nudifying' images of real people in certain jurisdictions.
  
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• Ontario winter wallop causes dangerous roads, crashes and Pearson flight cancellations

  15-01-2026 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  A powerful winter storm is disrupting travel across Ontario, closing highways, grounding flights and triggering dozens of crashes as police urge drivers to stay off the roads.
  
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• Nearly 200 collisions reported as winter storm paralyzes Ontario roads

  15-01-2026 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  A powerful winter storm is disrupting travel across Ontario, closing highways, grounding flights and triggering dozens of crashes as police urge drivers to stay off the roads.
  
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• Canadian citizen killed at the hands of the Iranian authorities, Anita Anand says

  15-01-2026 16:14 via nationalpost.com
  Foreign minister Anita Anand in a social post on Thursday said a Canadian citizen has died in Iran. “Peaceful protests by the Iranian people — asking that their voices be heard in the face of the Iranian regime’s repression and ongoing human rights violations — has led the regime to flagrantly disregard human life. This violence must end. Canada condemns and calls for an immediate end to the Iranian regime’s violence,” she posted on X. Anand extended her deepe
  
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• Avi Lewis snags first caucus endorsement for NDP leader with backing from Winnipeg MP Leah Gazan

  15-01-2026 15:50 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Winnipeg MP Leah Gazan says she’s backing activist Avi Lewis as the NDP’s next leader, becoming the first of the party’s seven-member caucus to endorse a leadership candidate.Gazan said in a video released Thursday morning that Lewis was the right person to lead the party in a “critical moment” for Canada and the world. “I’m supporting Avi (Lewis) because he can blow open the doors of our movement, making it a home for everyone who believe
  
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• Angry over cramped WestJet seats? How backlash shows a regulation gap

  15-01-2026 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  The airline has said its reconfigured cabins underwent 'an extensive safety and certification process' and were signed off by Transport Canada.
  
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• No tariff relief yet as Carney re-ups old agreements with Chinese government on energy, lumber

  15-01-2026 14:42 via nationalpost.com
  BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney ushered in what he called a “new era” in the Canada-China relationship Thursday by renewing and updating a series of old expired non-binding agreements with the Asian superpower on energy, lumber and public safety. In the regal Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Carney and Chinese Premier Li Qiang — the second most powerful figure in the country — watched as their minister signed over a half-dozen memoranda of understanding (MO
  
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• No tariff relief in sight as Carney re-ups old agreements with Chinese government on energy, lumber

  15-01-2026 14:42 via nationalpost.com
  BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney ushered in what he called a “new era” in the Canada-China relationship Thursday by renewing and updating a series of old expired non-binding agreements with the Asian superpower on energy and public safety. In the regal Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Carney and Chinese Premier Li Qiang — the second most powerful figure in the country — watched as their minister signed over a half-dozen memoranda of understanding (MOU) and l
  
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• A Canadian citizen has died in Iran, Ottawa says as protests intensify

  15-01-2026 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  As of Wednesday, there were 3,054 Canadian citizens and permanent residents registered in Iran, a government spokesperson told Global News.
  
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• A Canadian citizen has ‘died in Iran at the hands of the Iranian authorities’

  15-01-2026 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  As of Wednesday, there were 3,054 Canadian citizens and permanent residents registered in Iran, a government spokesperson told Global News.
  
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• Alberta government to review Calgary’s water system after feeder main breaks

  15-01-2026 14:14 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's municipal affairs minister is requesting that the City of Calgary hand over all relevant documents and materials related to the feeder main break by Jan. 27.
  
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• 5 things to know about the emerging debate over ride-hailing companies in Halifax

  15-01-2026 13:43 via globalnews.ca
  Halifax Regional Council is poised to debate bylaw changes that could impose more oversight on drivers working for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.
  
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