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Environmentalists want Jasper backcountry ban extended to protect remaining caribou

Environmentalists want Jasper backcountry ban extended to protect remaining caribou

EDMONTON — Environmentalists and scientists are calling on Parks Canada to further restrict access to Rocky Mountain backcountry in an effort to help save the last large caribou herd in the national parks.
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Look to next-gen oil and gas leaders to end North America's energy stalemate: experts

Look to next-gen oil and gas leaders to end North America's energy stalemate: experts

WASHINGTON — North America's polarizing pipeline battles have seen many venues — from the Prime Minister's Office and the U.S. State Department to the windswept plains of Nebraska and Minnesota to judge's chambers on both sides of the Canada-U.S.
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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Mar. 21, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Mar. 21, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday March 21, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 141,064 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,862,333 doses given. Nationwide, 626,473 people or 1.
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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Mar. 21, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Mar. 21, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday March 21, 2021. There are 930,516 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 930,516 confirmed cases (34,283 active, 873,590 resolved, 22,643 deaths).
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B.C.'s northern spotted owl breeding facility welcomes disabled California relative

B.C.'s northern spotted owl breeding facility welcomes disabled California relative

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C.
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Survey suggests one in two people of colour have experienced online racism in Canada

Survey suggests one in two people of colour have experienced online racism in Canada

VANCOUVER — Noor Fadel says most people assume that the night she was attacked by a racist man on a SkyTrain in Vancouver in 2017 was the worst night of her life.
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Ontario ticket holder wins Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

Ontario ticket holder wins Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — An Ontario ticket holder won Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Mar. 24 will be an estimated $5 million.
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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 20, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 20, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday March 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 141,064 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,862,333 doses given. Nationwide, 626,473 people or 1.
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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, March 20, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, March 20, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday March 20, 2021. There are 930,516 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 930,516 confirmed cases (34,283 active, 873,590 resolved, 22,643 deaths).
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Watchdog's report finds RCMP discriminated against Colten Boushie's mother

Watchdog's report finds RCMP discriminated against Colten Boushie's mother

REGINA — RCMP officers showed up at the funeral of a slain Indigenous man, perpetrated racial discrimination against the victim's mother and caused unnecessary suffering for his family over the course of their investigation into his death, a police w
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