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Mar 31, 2026
Canada's economy saw slight growth in January, as gains in goods-producing industries like mining offset a slowdown in manufacturing, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.
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Mar 31, 2026
The U.S. Army said on Monday it was investigating why military helicopters were operating near the house of singer Kid Rock, seemingly in support of the vocal backer of U.S. President Donald ?Trump, and also near anti-Trump protests.
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Mar 31, 2026
King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to the United States this spring, Buckingham Palace has announced.
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Mar 31, 2026
Masai Ujiri is returning to professional basketball in Toronto. Ujiri officially joined the ownership group of the WNBA's Toronto Tempo on Tuesday after spending 12 years in the front office of the NBA's Toronto Raptors.
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Mar 31, 2026
That The Drama blossoms into a subversive investigation into the limits of empathy doesn't really matter. All that will matter is the disappointment theatre-goers will feel walking out of a supposed rom-com they expected to be like Sleepless in Seattle, but that instead feels closer to Midsommar.
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Mar 31, 2026
Empty bags of Big Mac and McChicken sauce have been washing up along the Bay of Fundy recently. And local residents are not lovin' it.
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Mar 31, 2026
The United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
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Mar 31, 2026
The United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
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Mar 31, 2026
A longtime federal public servant says she's become "collateral damage" as her department clears its backlog of Phoenix payroll issues so it can test replacement software — and in doing so introduced an error to her file, refused to fix it and is now clawing back hundreds of dollars per paycheque.
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Mar 31, 2026
Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That's raising alarm bells for the fire season that's already ramping up.
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Mar 31, 2026
Scam victims feel an increasing sense that the Canadian justice system is overly lenient on the people who took advantage of them.
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Mar 31, 2026
As of Wednesday, the federal government will require provinces and territories to start to pay for primary care services, including those provided by nurse practitioners. The new policy aims to ensure Canadians aren't being billed for "medically necessary services."
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Mar 31, 2026
Internal documents show airlines and then Transport Minister Anita Anand pressed the Canadian Transportation Agency to scale back a proposed complaints fee — raising concerns about political interference.
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Mar 30, 2026
Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's ground squirrels, known colloquially as gophers.
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Mar 30, 2026
Wildlife photographer Jason Leo Bantle tells The National about the moment Banff National Park's famous grizzly bear, 'The Boss,' came out of hibernation.
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Mar 30, 2026
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment have decided to part ways with Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brad Treliving.
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Mar 30, 2026
March 30, 2026 | U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to 'completely obliterate' Iran's power plants, oil infrastructure and even desalination plants, unless a deal is reached. Air Canada's embattled CEO announces his retirement. And legendary Canadian pop star Céline Dion announces her big comeback.
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Mar 30, 2026
Alberta's government is calling on Ottawa to change the Constitution to give provinces more of a say in how judges are appointed at the provincial level.
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Mar 30, 2026
A Sooke, B.C., youth has been arrested and charged after online chats with a U.S. teenager who allegedly made school shooting threats, RCMP say.
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Mar 30, 2026
Every province that has released a 2026-27 budget is projecting a deficit. But is that cause for concern?
Note: P.E.I and Newfoundland and Labrador had not yet released their budgets at the time of publication.
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Mar 30, 2026
A week of negotiations has led to 40 species added on a list of protections under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the 15th meeting of countries that are party to a UN treaty signed in 1979.
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Mar 30, 2026
A man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and had sought to inflict as much damage as possible, the FBI said Monday.
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Mar 30, 2026
As Dayan Goodenowe makes new claims about a potential treatment for Alzheimer's, a former investor says the controversial Moose Jaw-based scientist has a history of making unproven promises that he can't keep.
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Mar 30, 2026
At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Rivière in Haiti's Artibonite region, a human rights ?group said on Monday, numbers that were significantly higher than official estimates which put the death toll at around 16.
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Mar 30, 2026
At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, a human rights ?group said on Monday, significantly higher than official estimates.
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Mar 30, 2026
If Bill 23 passes, it would be the third time the United Conservative government has substantively amended the Citizen Initiative Act, and the second substantive set amendments to recall legislation since those two democratic options were introduced in 2021.
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Mar 30, 2026
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
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Mar 30, 2026
Peel Regional Police are leading an investigation into allegations of child abuse at Robert Land Academy, a military-style private school for boys in Ontario's Niagara Region that operated for decades until last year. Dozens of former students have alleged physical and emotional abuse, and in some cases, sexual exploitation.
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Mar 30, 2026
Avi Lewis, a former television host, journalist and documentarian, promises to make the federal NDP relevant again. But the first question for his leadership is whether he'll do so at the expense of the NDP's provincial wings.
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Mar 30, 2026
It's Céline Dion's 58th birthday, but it's her adoring fans who may be receiving the biggest gift of all — her return to the concert stage.
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Mar 30, 2026
The bill's passage marked the culmination of a years-long push by Israel's far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis.
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Mar 30, 2026
Pay attention to the link between heart and brain health, new Canadian recommendations say.
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Mar 30, 2026
The RCMP says an Air Canada employee is facing charges after allegedly trying to export more than 60 kilograms of cannabis out of a Toronto airport by using suitcases tagged with the names of two unsuspecting passengers.
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Mar 30, 2026
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said ?two of its members were killed in ?southern Lebanon on ?Monday after an explosion of "unknown origin" ?destroyed their vehicle.
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Mar 30, 2026
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is visiting China later this week, a spokesperson in his office confirmed Monday.
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Mar 30, 2026
The federal and provincial governments will each spend $4.4 billion on housing-related infrastructure over the next 10 years. The majority of the funding is intended to help cover those infrastructure costs for municipalities that lower development charges.
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Mar 30, 2026
A humpback whale that was freed after becoming stuck for several days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany was stranded again on Saturday after failing to find its way back to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mar 30, 2026
Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said on Monday.
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Mar 30, 2026
GrS Montreal, the sole clinic in Quebec offering fully subsidized gender-affirming surgeries, recently announced that a change in provincial funding will delay wait times — possibly by years — but only for Quebec patients.
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Mar 30, 2026
Gunmen killed more than 70 people in South Sudan over a gold mining row on the outskirts of the capital over the weekend, a police spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
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Mar 30, 2026
A look at allegations of market manipulation and insider trading around Trump's conduct of the war in Iran and other major White House moves.
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Mar 30, 2026
A Ukrainian refugee says Manitoba's rejection of her requests to help her remove her deadname from official documents leaves her exposed to transphobia and infringes on her right to express her gender.
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Mar 30, 2026
A veteran from Fall River, N.S., received a letter from Veterans Affairs in February that he owed nearly $70,000 in overpaid benefits. He won't have to pay, but he worries about other veterans in a similar circumstance.
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Mar 30, 2026
A Quebec coroner has concluded that the death of a 97-year-old woman at CHSLD LaSalle in 2024 was accidental. But in her report, the coroner raised questions about why the employee on duty at the time didn't report the fall or follow established protocol.
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Mar 30, 2026
The 2026 Juno Awards swept through a short list of awards and long list of performances Sunday night, honouring up-and-comers and staples of the Canadian music scene.
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Mar 30, 2026
Despite increases to provincial funding in recent years, the percentage of children with autism registered with the Ontario Autism Program and receiving funding had yet to crack 25 per cent as of early this year — as demand for the funding continues to grow.
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Mar 30, 2026
After a week that saw a scathing auditor general's report find the federal Immigration Department has failed to act on fraud in its international student program, a major bill reforming immigration powers is now law in Canada.
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Mar 30, 2026
The U.S. oil blockade has pushed Cuba into a third month of energy crisis, deepening daily hardship in a country already strained by crumbling infrastructure. But amid the darkness, some Cubans still see hope for a better future.
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Mar 30, 2026
An Ottawa father says he was shocked to discover that his teenage son had ordered banned pharmaceuticals from the internet, and is warning others about websites that he says are putting kids at risk.
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Mar 29, 2026
Charlie Kramer and his parents, Maya and Richard Kramer, tell The National about the moment they caught the Toronto Blue Jays' first home run ball of the 2026 season.
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Mar 29, 2026
A B.C. mother detained with her seven-year-old at an immigration holding facility in Texas is warning others about the risks of navigating the U.S. immigration system under the current administration.
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Mar 29, 2026
March 29, 2026 | Newly elected federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis outlines his plans to re-shape the party. Go Public investigates after an airline denies passenger compensation, but flight records show planes were swapped. And, the countdown begins for the latest Artemis launch window.
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Mar 29, 2026
Mikaël Kingsbury's last run in competition took place on his home mountain of Saint-Sauveur, Que. The moguls star might be retiring from the sport but for some he is a living legend who has inspired a new generation of freestyle skiers.
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Mar 29, 2026
Stars make bold statements at Canada's biggest night in music.
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Mar 29, 2026
Canadian Olympian Josh Liendo capped an historic week of swimming at the NCAA championships on Saturday in Atlanta, posting a wire-to-wire victory in the 100-yard freestyle for a record-tying fourth consecutive title in the event and ninth overall.
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Mar 29, 2026
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has slammed newly-elected federal NDP leader Avi Lewis over his stance on fossil fuels projects.
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Mar 29, 2026
A French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament says she was denied entry into Canada only days before she was scheduled to participate in conferences in Montreal. Rima Hassan wrote online that she was "prevented" from coming to Canada in what she described as an attempt at censorship.
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Mar 29, 2026
Jenni Gibbons was always drawn to the stars. Now, the Calgary-born astronaut is set to take part in NASA's Artemis II mission, which will send humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
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Mar 29, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, early and often, has voiced his support for Viktor Orban's re-election, and top admistration figures Marco Rubio and JD Vance have been on tap for visits to Hungary. Orban has also called on allies from around the world to remind voters why he deserves a sixth term as he faces a tough battle with former ally Peter Magyar.
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Mar 29, 2026
Newly named NDP leader Avi Lewis promised to bring back the party from the political wilderness after its dismal showing in last year's federal election.
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Mar 29, 2026
The province's Film Content Information Act, taking effect April 1, ends mandatory government approval. Each theatre will be required to write and display their own content description instead of the familiar age-based ratings.
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Mar 29, 2026
Nova Scotia-based Oxford Frozen Foods has been fined $10,000 for mislabelling its blueberries as Canadian at a time when more consumers are looking to buy local in grocery stores.
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Mar 29, 2026
Josh Wardle says he needed to take a step back after his debut game Wordle became a viral phenomenon before he was ready to release Parseword.
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Mar 29, 2026
Shannon Flaman has lived in Saskatchewan, B.C. and Alberta. Her experiences in emergency rooms and finding family doctors have changed the way she sees the country's health care.
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Mar 29, 2026
Ottawa backed the world's largest cricket farm with tens of millions in public money. It collapsed before reaching full production, exposing a gap between hype and demand while also leaving questions about how much of that money was ever recovered.
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Mar 29, 2026
Community members gathered Thursday in Fort Erie, Ont., to pay tribute to Heather Winterstein, a young woman whose death raised questions about how Indigenous people and those with mental health and substance use issues are treated in the health-care system. An inquest into her death begins Monday.
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Mar 29, 2026
Armenia and Azerbaijan, both of which border Iran to its north, have seen their fair share of conflict. The current war around Iran has drawn in Arab Gulf states — and these two neighbours may not be able to avoid becoming involved, too.
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Mar 28, 2026
Thousands of hotel rooms have been released back into Vancouver's inventory ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but those working in the tourism industry say visitors shouldn't expect prices to drop.
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Mar 28, 2026
Mikael Kingsbury has always credited those around him for his success. Now as his career winds down, it's his turn to receive some praise for his impact on freestyle skiing.
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Mar 28, 2026
The awakening of Banff National Park's most iconic grizzly heralds the return of bears to the Alberta landscape. Parks Canada calls him Bear 122, but he's better known to most in Alberta — and across Canada — as The Boss.
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Mar 28, 2026
The prime minister will make his Junos debut at Hamilton's TD Coliseum on Sunday evening.
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Mar 28, 2026
Jonathan David scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half before Tajon Buchanan was shown a straight red card as Canada battled back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw with Iceland in an international men's soccer friendly Saturday in Toronto.
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Mar 28, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will push a pro-trade and anti-tariff message during a multi-day trip to Texas, U.S. where he will meet Governor Greg Abbott, an ally of President Donald Trump, and business leaders.
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Mar 28, 2026
When six prominent Albertans penned an open letter to then-premier Ralph Klein in 2001, many viewed the suggestions it called for as extreme. But a quarter century later, as Albertans ready for a potential referendum vote on their future in the country, the letter has a renewed relevance.
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Mar 28, 2026
David Fletcher says he would love to see his father, sister, niece and nephew again. But he can't. They were all killed by a drunk driver in Beauport, Que., on Sept. 2, 2021. The driver, Éric Légaré, has now been granted unescorted temporary absences from prison once a month.
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Mar 28, 2026
The legendary rock band's members have hinted at 'something special' for the 2026 awards show on March 29.
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Mar 28, 2026
The final words of one of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., have been shared by his family: "Tell my parents that I love them so much." The local MP says the message was delivered by a "hero" classmate who helped care for Abel Mwansa, Jr. and others hurt in the tragedy.
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Mar 28, 2026
A Pasadena man is speaking out after losing his home in a fire earlier this year, saying he and his son can't access emergency shelter options because of his son's dog.
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Mar 28, 2026
The owner of three tigers and a hyena that are no longer living on a property in Wainfleet, Ont., is hopeful he'll someday be reunited with his animals, but it won't be in that rural township in Niagara that had ordered them removed for contravening an exotic animals bylaw.
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Mar 28, 2026
Canada's army is preparing a sweeping reorganization just as the National Defence Department moves to finalize its mobilization plan. Senior commanders warn the current force is ill suited to a more dangerous world, with proposals under study to expand reserves and generate hundreds of thousands of additional personnel in a crisis.
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Mar 28, 2026
Advocates say the recent trial of a Burlington, Ont., couple is a symptom of nationwide failures in the child welfare system.
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Mar 28, 2026
Thanks to the hit show North of North, Indigenous artists featured on its soundtrack are seeing their songs reach listeners around the world. They and other Indigenous people in the music industry say this kind of exposure lets them share authentic stories and educate new audiences about Indigenous history and culture through their music.
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Mar 28, 2026
The government will be making a "devil's bargain" if it moves ahead with a recommendation to boost revenue for sport organizations through taxes on sports gambling, former track and field Olympian Bruce Kidd said.
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Mar 28, 2026
Cuba appears to be tottering toward some kind of political transition. Some Cubans are concerned that the residents own nothing and are too impoverished to take over the few functioning businesses on the island, while there is a large and wealthy diaspora community (and potentially also foreign investors) who would be able to swoop in and buy property and businesses at bargain prices.
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Mar 27, 2026
A multimillion-dollar settlement has been approved in a class action claim involving Canadian customers of the 23andMe genetic testing company who were affected by a past data breach.
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Mar 27, 2026
Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan says he believes a referendum on whether Alberta should separate from Canada is necessary to address provincial grievances with the federal government. The Opposition is calling on the premier to remove him from her caucus.
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Mar 27, 2026
March 27, 2026 | CBC News has learned that Transport Canada warned WestJet its new, tighter seat configuration could pose a potential safety hazard after a tip from a flight attendant. Tiger Woods is arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after a Florida car crash. And the Toronto Blue Jays play their home opener.
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Mar 27, 2026
The president of the Métis National Council says the RCMP's response to an extensive spying program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people falls short.
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Mar 27, 2026
Firefighters have extinguished a fire on the roof of a commercial building in downtown Toronto that is believed to have caused an explosion on Friday evening.
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