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Dispute over unrecognized Inuit group halts major conference for Canadian North
A 16-year-old biennial event aimed at fostering business in the country's Eastern Arctic and northern regions has been cancelled indefinitely as a dispute unfolds between Inuit in Canada and a Labrador group claiming to share their heritage. President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they co-chair the meeting of Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Longshore worker unions denounce federal intervention in railway labour conflict
Unions representing longshore workers at the country's major ports are promising to mobilize if the federal government doesn't commit to avoid binding arbitration in the event of a future labour dispute in the longshore sector. Striking port workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada gather at Jack Poole Plaza while attending a rally in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, July 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Montreal police investigating after man dies in alleged fight in east-end borough
Montreal police are investigating the suspicious death of an 88-year-old man in the city's Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighbourhood. The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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‘Tornadoes over water’ seen across Eastern Canada this summer
The Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed several waterspouts were recorded in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia during the month of August. Two waterspouts form in the distance as a vessel, foreground, is seen in the waters near Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., in a Friday, Aug. 23 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Marc-Andre Bourgeois-Gaudet, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Montreal’s Concordia University reports drop in enrolment after tuition hike
Montreal's Concordia University is reporting a nearly 30-per-cent drop in new registrations of out-of-province students following a tuition hike announced last year by the Quebec government. Concordia University is seen in Montreal on Feb. 23. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Akwesasne woman sought in U.S. over drownings of migrants in St. Lawrence River
Authorities in the U.S. are seeking the extradition of an Akwesasne woman alleged to have been a key player in a human smuggling operation that led to the drownings of eight migrants last year. Rescuers search for a missing child, part of a group of migrants from Romania and India whose bodies were earlier recovered by searchers, in an area of Akwesasne, Que., Friday, March 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Two women face kidnapping charges in connection with Quebec Amber Alert case
Two women have been charged with kidnapping a young boy from a Montreal suburb whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert for several hours on Tuesday. An emergency Amber Alert is viewed on the display of an Apple watch in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Matthew Rankin’s surreal comedy Universal Language named Canada’s official entry for Oscar bid
A scene from the film "Universal Language" is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Telefilm Canada
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Quebec government says it’s taking action to end illegal dumping in Mohawk territory
The Quebec government says it wants to put an end to illegal dumping in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake northwest of Montreal. Mohawk flags are placed at the border of the Kanasatake Mohawk territory and the town of Oka, Que., Friday, July 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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In history of Canadian rail shutdowns, echoes of some current sticking points
The shutdown at Canada's two major railways last week was not the first time a simultaneous work stoppage has brought trains to a halt. Locked-out Canadian National Rail workers stand at a picket line as locomotives are moved by management at CN Rail's Thornton Yard, in Surrey, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Five-year-old Quebec boy subject of Amber Alert found safe in Toronto area, police say
The Surete du Quebec, or Quebec Provincial Police patch at a news conference, in Quebec City on February 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec family wants answers three weeks after father, son hit during police shootout
Houssam Abdallah and Abdel Rahman Abdallah are shown in hospital in this August 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - HO
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McGill law professors launch unlimited strike on first week of classes
McGill University law professors strike outside the law faculty in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Montreal commuter lines halted by rail shutdown to run again starting Monday: Exo
<p>An empty commuter station is seen Friday, August 23, 2024 in Montreal. Greater Montreal's Exo transit system says commuter lines will start to run again on Monday morning as the work stoppage by Canada's two major railways comes to an end.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz</p>
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Rail shutdown ends, but aftershocks ripple amid drawn-out ramp-up
Train cars are seen on the tracks in an aerial view at Canadian National Rail's Thornton Yard as the Port Mann Bridge spans the Fraser River, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The economic fallout of the country's rail shutdown is set to come into focus this week, as shippers and producers take stock of delays and losses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Montreal police investigating suspicious death of 88-year-old man
Montreal police are investigating the suspicious death of an 88-year-old man in the city's Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighbourhood. The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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CF Montreal returns to MLS action after busy summer transfer window
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Montreal charity founder Sheila Kussner aimed to give hope to people with cancer
Sheila Kussner poses for a portrait in the den in her home in Montreal on July 18, 2023. The den was made as almost a shrine to her by her late husband. Kussner started the foundation Hope & Cope to help cancer survivors. The foundation was designed to meet the emotional and psychosocial needs of cancer survivors and their caregivers. Kussner is herself a cancer survivor from a young age. She is a master fundraiser and has been able to raise millions of dollars over the years for the foundation. (26/06/2023) (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
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Teamsters take down picket lines at CN Rail, stoppage continues at CPKC
Locked out Canadian National Rail workers stand at a picket line as locomotives are moved by management at CN Rail's Thornton Yard, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, August 22, 2024. In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties failed to agree on a new contract before the midnight deadline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute
A medical bed is photographed in the trauma bay during simulation training at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Aug. 13, 2019. A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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