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Olympic champion kayaker Adam van Koeverden steps to helm of Canadian sport

Olympic champion kayaker Adam van Koeverden steps to helm of Canadian sport

Olympic champion paddler Adam van Koeverden is the latest politician to step into the leadership of sport in Canada.
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Hundreds of First Nations members protest Ontario mining bill at Queen's Park

Hundreds of First Nations members protest Ontario mining bill at Queen's Park

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is pushing through a controversial mining bill despite the protests of several hundred First Nations members who came from the far north to the front lawn of Queen's Park on Monday.
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Iowa state lawmaker enters US Senate race after Ernst retort on Medicaid cuts

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten, a Democrat, announced a run for U.S. Senate on Monday, a decision he says he made after U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst made a retort about Medicaid cuts that prompted swift backlash.
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Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages

Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado.
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Joly commits to prioritizing Canadian steel, aluminum for defence, infrastructure

Joly commits to prioritizing Canadian steel, aluminum for defence, infrastructure

OTTAWA — Ottawa is committed to using Canadian steel and aluminum in national infrastructure and defence projects as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose more tariffs, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Sunday.
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B.C. primary care review underway, part of NDP's confidence deal with Greens

B.C. primary care review underway, part of NDP's confidence deal with Greens

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party.
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Liberals pressed to reveal how much revenue U.S. tariff response has raised

Liberals pressed to reveal how much revenue U.S. tariff response has raised

OTTAWA — The Conservatives pushed the federal government on Monday to disclose how much revenue its counter-tariffs have generated so far — and accused the Liberals of putting their "elbows down" as U.S.
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Romanian man pleads guilty to 'swatting' plot that targeted an ex-US president and lawmakers

Romanian man pleads guilty to 'swatting' plot that targeted an ex-US president and lawmakers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Romanian citizen pleaded guilty on Monday to engaging in a plot to use “swatting” calls and bomb threats to intimidate and threaten dozens of people with bogus police emergencies, including a former U.S.
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Texas is poised to become the latest GOP state to exert control over university curriculum

Texas is poised to become the latest GOP state to exert control over university curriculum

The gubernatorially appointed boards that oversee Texas universities soon could have new powers to control the curriculum required of students and eliminate degree programs. The legislation sent Monday to Texas Gov.
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First Nations infrastructure critical but not nation-building: minister

First Nations infrastructure critical but not nation-building: minister

OTTAWA — The new Crown-Indigenous relations minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure — but that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to fast-track what it calls "nation-building" projects.
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