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More than 100 wildfires still not considered out after B.C.'s record wildfire season

More than 100 wildfires still not considered out after B.C.'s record wildfire season

While it's not uncommon for some fires to burn through the winter, that number usually hovers around a couple dozen, not the 106 that were listed as active on New Year's Day.
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Research finds climate change made warm Canadian December twice as likely

Research finds climate change made warm Canadian December twice as likely

Climate change made Canada's warmest December in more than 50 years about twice as likely, a temperature anomaly that stood out around the world, a new study has found.
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'Ready to die': Inquest into Saskatchewan stabbings sees texts from killer's brother

'Ready to die': Inquest into Saskatchewan stabbings sees texts from killer's brother

MELFORT, Sask. — Myles Sanderson and his brother were driving around a Saskatchewan First Nation causing havoc, assaulting people and selling drugs in the days and hours before a mass killing in the community.
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B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder

B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder

VANCOUVER — Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal.
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Invasive or not enough? Lawyers raise concerns over screening of Gaza visa applicants

Invasive or not enough? Lawyers raise concerns over screening of Gaza visa applicants

OTTAWA — The security screening the federal government has brought in for people applying to flee the Gaza Strip is facing criticism from both lawyers who feel its questions are too invasive and others who think it should dig even deeper.
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Capital Power and OPG to assess use of small modular nuclear reactors in Alberta

Capital Power and OPG to assess use of small modular nuclear reactors in Alberta

Edmonton's Capital Power Corp. and Ontario Power Generation are joining together to assess the feasibility of developing small modular nuclear reactors to help power Alberta's electricity grid.
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Quebec man who blamed wildfires on government pleads guilty to setting 14 fires

Quebec man who blamed wildfires on government pleads guilty to setting 14 fires

CHIBOUGAMAU, Que. — A Quebec man who posted conspiracy theories online that forest fires were being deliberately set by the government has pleaded guilty to starting a series of fires himself that forced hundreds of people from their homes.
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Liberal, NDP MPs head to Jordan, West Bank to ask Palestinians how to advance peace

Liberal, NDP MPs head to Jordan, West Bank to ask Palestinians how to advance peace

OTTAWA — Five members of Parliament are in the Middle East to hear from Palestinians about how Canada can best push for peace and human rights in the region, with plans to visit the West Bank which has seen rising violence.
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Snow moving into B.C. while cold snap moves east through Prairies to Ontario

Snow moving into B.C. while cold snap moves east through Prairies to Ontario

Parts of British Columbia are being told to prepare for snow as a polar cold snap pushed east through the Prairies and into Ontario on Monday.
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Caring society tells human rights tribunal Canada is failing on Jordan's Principle

Caring society tells human rights tribunal Canada is failing on Jordan's Principle

OTTAWA — The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says Canada is systematically failing to respond to Jordan's Principle requests to fund health and social services for children first and figure out who should be paying later.
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