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• Future of Halifax shelter spaces uncertain as designated tent encampment closes

  08-12-2025 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  One of Halifax's three remaining designated tent encampments closed on the weekend, but about 10 tents are still standing as of Monday. 
  
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• Ex-Tory MP Rahim Jaffer mulling federal Edmonton byelection run

  11-12-2025 22:42 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Former four-term MP Rahim Jaffer says he’s thinking about running for the Edmonton area seat currently held by departing Conservative Matt Jeneroux. Jaffer told National Post that he saw the stars aligning for a possible comeback when Jeneroux announced last month he’d be resigning from Parliament, noting the news eerily dovetailed with a development in his personal life. “My mom lives (in Jeneroux’s riding) and … a few weeks earlier, she’d app
  
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• Parti Québécois calls on Carney to ‘remove’ Mark Wiseman from list of potential U.S. envoys

  11-12-2025 22:36 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — The Parti Québécois is calling on the federal government to “remove” financier Mark Wiseman’s name from their list of potential Canadian ambassadors to the United States, arguing that he is “not a friend” to Quebec. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he would be announcing his new pick to replace longtime ambassador Kirsten Hillman within days. For now, the person rumoured to take her place is Wiseman, a close friend of Carney&rsqu
  
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• Saint John firefighters sounding alarm on equipment shortages

  11-12-2025 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  The association alleges two crews were unable to properly respond to calls last weekend because some gear and trucks are out of service.
  
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• Longueuil, Que., police chief allegedly gave police watchdog erroneous information about fatal teen shooting

  11-12-2025 22:14 via cbc.ca
  The chief of the Longueuil, Que., police force allegedly gave erroneous information about the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old to Quebec’s police watchdog, according to documents obtained by Radio-Canada.
  
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• N.S. migrant workers will not immediately gain access to public health care

  11-12-2025 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  Nova Scotia Labour Minister Nolan Young is rejecting a recommendation to grant immediate access to public health care for migrant workers in the province. 
  
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• Ontario man confined his wife and four children for years in their home: 'He controlled every part of their lives'

  11-12-2025 22:12 via nationalpost.com
  An Ontario man kept his wife and four children confined in their home for years through intimidation and fear while cloaking abuse as protection that kept them healthy “in the eyes of the Lord.” A jury in Owen Sound, Ont., found a father guilty of five counts of unlawful confinement — one count each for his wife and four children — along with sexual assault, threatening death, assault, and other charges. The man’s family escaped their home with the help of police, a
  
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• Case involving teen alleged to be part of online extremist group back in Halifax court

  11-12-2025 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  A case involving a Halifax teenager, who police allege is affiliated with the violent online extremist group known as 764, was back in court.
  
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• N.B. appeals court rules Wolastoqey Nation can’t fight Crown over private forest land

  11-12-2025 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Wolastoqey Nation had been seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title on over half of the province, saying the land was unceded and sold by the Crown without their consent.
  
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• Australian skydiver forced to cut himself free after parachute caught on plane wing

  11-12-2025 21:56 via nationalpost.com
  A skydiver in Australia faced some terrifying mid-air moments after his parachute got caught on the plane wing just after he jumped. He had to cut himself free as the plane continued on its flight path, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Video of the harrowing few moments, which occurred on Sept. 20, have been released as part of the findings of an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation into the incident over Mission Beach in Queensland on September 20.The plane involved
  
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• House of Commons agrees to break for 6-week holiday recess, will return in new year

  11-12-2025 21:46 via cbc.ca
  The House of Commons is wrapping up the fall sitting Thursday, meaning MPs will be heading back to their ridings for a six-week holiday break.
  
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• Halifax museum CEO steps down after report of her calling employees 'sluts'

  11-12-2025 21:23 via nationalpost.com
  Marie Chapman, director and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, has announced that she is stepping away from the role immediately. The move follows a scathing report released this week by the federal integrity commissioner that called Chapman out over “serious breaches” of both the public sector ethics code and the code of conduct of her own museum. In an statement shared with National Post, Cynthia Price Verreault, chair of the museum’s board of tr
  
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• TikTok class action accuses platform of not protecting kids, seeks damages

  11-12-2025 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  The civil claim was filed after Canadian privacy commissioners reached similar conclusions about TikTok's targeted advertising practices and age verification measures.
  
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• Every U.S. state along Canadian border is hurting financially due to decline in tourists from Canada: new report

  11-12-2025 21:09 via nationalpost.com
  Declining Canadian tourism is adversely affecting American businesses in every state along the U.S.-Canada border, according to a new report by the U.S. Senate Democrats’ Joint Economic Committee. “In 2024, Canadian tourism contributed $20.5 billion to the U.S. economy and supported 140,000 American jobs,” states the report, released on Wednesday. “The negative impacts of President Trump’s tariff policies have been particularly stark in states along the U.S.-Canada
  
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• Officer who shot Deer Lake First Nation man 5 times cleared of wrongdoing, Ontario police watchdog says

  11-12-2025 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared a Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) officer of wrongdoing in connection with the death of a Deer Lake First Nation man who was shot five times. The decision comes a year after the 40-year-old's father was also shot and killed by police.
  
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• Ottawa using AI to review public comments on its AI strategy

  11-12-2025 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government is using artificial intelligence to sort through public input on AI policy.
  
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• Women's rights group seeks to challenge federal policy allowing trans women in female prisons

  11-12-2025 20:53 via nationalpost.com
  A women’s rights organization is seeking permission from the Federal Court to challenge the government’s policy allowing transgender women to be housed in female prisons, arguing that it puts women at risk of harm. Last week, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) filed a motion for public interest standing on behalf of the group Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (CAWSBAR). “The motion seeks the court’s recognition that CAWSBAR is the appropriate part
  
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• Environment Canada releases winter outlook. Time to get the snow pants out?

  11-12-2025 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Over the next three months, Canadians are likely to see above average temperatures across the eastern Arctic, around Hudson Bay, across Northern Quebec and Labrador.
  
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• N.S. premier says fentanyl has been found in cannabis from the province's unlicensed dispensaries

  11-12-2025 20:45 via nationalpost.com
  Traces of fentanyl have been found in cannabis purchased in some of Nova Scotia’s many unlicensed marijuana dispensaries, the province’s premier said Thursday. Under fire from First Nations for his government’s directive last week for police to “intensify enforcement aimed at stopping illegal cannabis operations,” many of which are located on reserves, Premier Tim Houston and two of his ministers were even banned by one, Sipekne’katik First Nation, earlier thi
  
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• House of Commons set to rise for 6 weeks as Liberal bills still face votes

  11-12-2025 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  House Leader Steven MacKinnon says his government has 'accomplished an incredible amount' during the fall sitting, pointing to budget and crime bills which have yet to become law.
  
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• 7-year-old boy dies after being hit by Hamilton bus, police say

  11-12-2025 20:30 via cbc.ca
  A seven-year-old boy is dead after being struck by a Hamilton bus, police said Thursday. A city manager told CBC Hamilton said they couldn't comment on specific circumstances of what happened due to the investigation, but called it an "extremely unfortunate tragedy."
  
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• For 1st time since trade war, Canada exported more than it imported

  11-12-2025 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian economy achieved a trade surplus for the first time since the trade war began, as exports rebounded and imports fell in September, according to Statistics Canada.
  
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• Top N.B. court removes private forest land from Wolastoqey title case

  11-12-2025 19:40 via cbc.ca
  The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has narrowed the scope of a title claim made by the Wolastoqey Nation. Private land belonging to three large forestry companies are now excluded from any ownership claim.
  
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• Wife of Ontario lawyer arrested in Ryan Wedding case testifies at bail hearing

  11-12-2025 19:38 via cbc.ca
  The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a transnational drug smuggling ring told his bail hearing Thursday she never saw her husband receive luxurious gifts or suspicious amounts of cash from clients in their decades together.
  
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• Wife of lawyer arrested in Ryan Wedding case testifies she never saw suspicious gifts or cash

  11-12-2025 19:38 via cbc.ca
  The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a transnational drug smuggling ring told his bail hearing Thursday she never saw her husband receive luxurious gifts or suspicious amounts of cash from clients in their decades together.
  
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• ‘I believe in his innocence,’ wife of lawyer tied to Ryan Wedding tells court

  11-12-2025 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a violent transnational drug ring headed by a Canadian Olympian says she believes in his innocence.
  
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• Dollarama sales spike 22% as many seek lower-cost ‘consumables’

  11-12-2025 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  The company’s business model has shown 'resilience' in what is an 'unpredictable' economic environment, Dollarama CEO Neil Rossy said in a statement.
  
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• Toronto police ID killer in 3 homicide cold cases involving young women

  11-12-2025 19:10 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police say DNA testing has identified Kenneth Smith as the killer of three young women in Toronto between 1982 and 1997.
  
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• Immigration museum CEO in Halifax accused of creating environment of fear

  11-12-2025 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  A federal investigation of the CEO leading the Canadian Museum of Immigration has found Marie Chapman bullied staff and created an environment of fear that caused emotional harm.
  
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• Immigration museum CEO in Halifax accused of bullying, creating environment of fear

  11-12-2025 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  A federal investigation of the CEO leading the Canadian Museum of Immigration has found Marie Chapman bullied staff and created an environment of fear that caused emotional harm.
  
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