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On Brian Mulroney’s birthday, members of the public continue to pay their respects
Sentinels surround the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney as he lies in state at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building, across from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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David Breashears, mountaineer and filmmaker who co-produced Mount Everest documentary, dies at 68
This photo provided by Arcturus Motion Pictures, Inc., shows Mountaineer, filmmaker and author David Breashears while filming the IMAX documentary “Everest” that premiered in 1998. Breashears, 68, died on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at his home in Marblehead, Mass. (Arcturus Motion Pictures, Inc. via AP)
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Dignitaries pay tribute to Brian Mulroney as former PM’s casket lies in state
Pallbearers carry the casket of late former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, ahead of his Montreal funeral, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable/Pool
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‘This tragedy has shaken me’: Ottawa father of slain family thanks public for support
Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, the father and husband of the victims, leaves the funeral service for the victims of a mass stabbing that killed a mother, her four young children and a family friend, in Ottawa on Sunday, March 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Grief, pleas for compassion at funeral for Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Twenty-two artifacts looted after the Battle of Okinawa returned to Japan
A hand drawn map of Okinawa dating back to the 19th century, one of 22 historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and recovered after a family from Massachusetts discovered them as they were going through their late father's personal items is displayed. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, said Friday, March 15, 2024, that they have helped orchestrate the return of the artifacts to the Government of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
hockey
The 85-year search to retrieve a stolen Stanley Cup ring
Siblings Curtis Lahey and Jennifer Lahey, Hall of Fame hockey player Syd Howe’s great-grandchildren, look through a family scrapbook of photos of the Detroit Red Wings’ NHL star. Syd Howe’s long-lost Stanley Cup winning ring from the 1936-37 season will soon be back with his family. The lore is that the ring was stolen from a train bathroom in 1939. Mr. Howe’s grandson David Lahey has the 1935-36 Stanley Cup ring that was passed down to him, and recently purchased the missing ring from a sports auction for $15,000. March 13, 2024 (Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)
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Funeral for members Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa suburb to be held this weekend
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. The funeral for the victims of what Ottawa's mayor has called one of the city's most shocking incidents of violence will be held this weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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basketball
Raptors star RJ Barrett, family mourning brother’s death
Toronto Raptors guard RJ Barrett (9) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 11, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
film review
Eager-to-please rom-com French Girl has flashes of wit, but leaves the women thinly sketched
review of Canadian romcom French Girl (Elevation) Vanessa Hudgens, Zach Silver
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Suspect charged in mass killing of Sri Lankan family in protective custody, lawyer says
The injured father Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, 38; Kelly Wickramasinghe, 2½ months old; Ashwini Wickramasinghe, 4; Ranaya Wickramasinghe, 3; Inuka Wickramasinghe, 7 and mother Darshani Dilanthika Ekanayake, 35.
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Ottawa murders reverberate in Sri Lanka where families mourn mass killing victims
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ people becoming increasingly common across Africa
Ugandan transgender woman Pretty Peter who fled her home and country in 2019, and wished to be identified by her chosen name out of concern for her safety, poses for a photograph in front of a portrait on the wall from a global project called "Where Love is Illegal", at the safe house where she now lives in Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya Thursday, June 1, 2023. She says frightened members of the Ugandan LGBTQ+ community are searching for a way to get out of the country and some have stayed indoors since new anti-gay legislation was signed on Monday. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Father left to pick up the pieces after entire family killed in mass stabbing
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Mourning and worry cast pall over Ramadan this year for many Muslim Canadians
Children play at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
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Manitoba’s NDP government advertising tax cuts passed by Tories
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew looks on as Adrien Sala, minister of finance, is sworn-in by Lt. Gov. Anita Neville in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Manitoba's NDP government has launched advertisements touting income tax cuts that were put forward and passed by the former Progressive Conservative government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Ireland set to keep ‘sexist’ constitutional language about mother’s role
FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar walks to cast his vote in a referendum on changes to the Irish constitution called the Family Amendment and the Care Amendment, at Scoil Treasa Naofa in Dublin, Ireland March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
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Ottawa residents hold vigil for victims of Barrhaven mass killing
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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‘Big smile and compassionate’: Survivor of Ottawa attack feeling community support
The injured father Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, 38; Kelly Wickramasinghe, 2½ months old; Ashwini Wickramasinghe, 4; Ranaya Wickramasinghe, 3; Inuka Wickramasinghe, 7 and mother Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake, 35.
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