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Police continue search for teen missing from Edmonton all summer

Police continue search for teen missing from Edmonton all summer

EDMONTON — Police say they continue to investigate the disappearance of an Edmonton teen who has been missing all summer. Samuel Bird, who is 14, was last seen in June, when he left home to visit a friend in the city's west end.
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Tribunal orders Ottawa, First Nations to resume negotiations on child welfare reforms

OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is ordering parties involved in a decade-long child welfare case to work together — or separately — to reform the system and stop Ottawa from further discriminating against First Nations children.
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B.C. names facilitator to help Okanagan Falls become municipality, name to be decided

B.C. names facilitator to help Okanagan Falls become municipality, name to be decided

OKANAGAN FALLS — British Columbia's government has appointed a facilitator to help create the province's first new municipality in 15 years, after residents of Okanagan Falls in the southern Interior voted to incorporate five months ago.
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'Colonial decision-making': First Nations denounce B.C. park closure as too short

'Colonial decision-making': First Nations denounce B.C. park closure as too short

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Two First Nations are denouncing British Columbia's planned month-long closure of Joffre Lakes Park for Indigenous cultural practices as too short, calling it "a fraction" of what they proposed within their title
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Fears for B.C. First Nation's water supply as fire evacuation orders and alerts end

Fears for B.C. First Nation's water supply as fire evacuation orders and alerts end

Evacuation orders and alerts due to a wildfire on Vancouver Island have been lifted and downgraded, but First Nations say they are still feeling the impact, warning that a propane-powered water-supply system could fail unless gas deliveries are resto
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Hodgson 'hopeful' first batch of major projects announcements to start in fall

Hodgson 'hopeful' first batch of major projects announcements to start in fall

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said he is "hopeful" that the government will start announcing major infrastructure project approvals in the fall.
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Quebec government renews promise to make changes to contentious forestry reform bill

Quebec government renews promise to make changes to contentious forestry reform bill

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will find solutions and defuse rising tension over a forestry bill that has sparked blockades and confrontations between Indigenous protesters and industry workers.
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bbno$, the Beaches warn approaching TikTok Canada closure will hurt homegrown artists

bbno$, the Beaches warn approaching TikTok Canada closure will hurt homegrown artists

In 2021, a TikTok of Canadian rapper bbno$ raising his eyebrows to the beat of his single “Edamame” started gaining traction — and eventually changed the course of his career.
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B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park closing for a month for recovery, First Nations' practices

B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park closing for a month for recovery, First Nations' practices

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — British Columbia's government says Joffre Lakes Park will shut for a month in about two weeks' time, to allow it to "recover from a busy summer" and allow First Nations to carry out cultural practices.
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Quebec government tries to ease growing tension over forestry blockades

Quebec government tries to ease growing tension over forestry blockades

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is trying to ease rising tensions between forestry workers and Indigenous protesters who oppose a new bill they say threatens their way of life.
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