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Reconciliation sparks a reckoning for Canada Day fireworks displays

Reconciliation sparks a reckoning for Canada Day fireworks displays

VANCOUVER — Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he's been known to "partake" in watching fireworks, as a way to bring families together.
Searching for Canadian news? Google ready to remove links over Online News Act

Searching for Canadian news? Google ready to remove links over Online News Act

OTTAWA — News stories published by Canadian media outlets will soon disappear from Google search results, the digital giant warned Thursday as it revealed its planned response to the Liberals' online news law.
What Google's move to block news in Canada means for your next search

What Google's move to block news in Canada means for your next search

TORONTO — Google said Thursday that it will strip Canadian news from its services in response to a new federal law that forces tech giants to pay publishers for news they share through their services.
Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship program as Bill C-18 fallout continues

Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship program as Bill C-18 fallout continues

As the fallout from the federal government's Online News Act continues, Facebook parent Meta is terminating a contract with The Canadian Press that saw the digital giant support the hiring of a limited number of emerging journalists at the national n
Canadian cyberspy agency says it disrupted foreign extremist activity

Canadian cyberspy agency says it disrupted foreign extremist activity

OTTAWA — Canada's cyberspy agency says it conducted operations in the last year to disrupt and remove harmful terrorist content spread online by foreign, ideologically motivated extremists.
Amanda Todd case: Dutch prosecutors seek to cut B.C. 'sextortion' sentence

Amanda Todd case: Dutch prosecutors seek to cut B.C. 'sextortion' sentence

Prosecutors in the Netherlands are seeking to cut the sentence imposed on a Dutch national for the "sextortion" of a British Columbia teenager who died by suicide, from 13 years to 4 1/2 years, an amount the girl's mother says pleasantly surprised he
In the news today: Potential gravesites found at Alberta residential school

In the news today: Potential gravesites found at Alberta residential school

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
Search suggests 88 potential graves at residential school in northern Alberta

Search suggests 88 potential graves at residential school in northern Alberta

Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in northern Alberta.
Conservative voters less likely to be proud to be Canadian, new survey suggests

Conservative voters less likely to be proud to be Canadian, new survey suggests

Canadians' pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests.
'Vision of Inuit': Nunavut's historic land-use plan submitted after 16 years

'Vision of Inuit': Nunavut's historic land-use plan submitted after 16 years

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The federal and Nunavut governments, as well as a group representing Inuit in the territory, are reviewing a massive plan to formally guide where, how and when land and water can be used in Canada's easternmost territory.