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Criminal lawyers raising concerns new bail laws won’t be Charter compliant
David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, makes an announcement regarding bail reform in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Criminal lawyers are raising concerns that proposed changes to Canada's bail laws won't be constitutional as they eagerly await a statement explaining why the federal Liberals think the reforms comply with the Charter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan sues CSIS, unidentified leakers, reporters
Former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan is suing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and unidentified employees who he says leaked classified information with the intent of harming his reputation. Chan speaks about Toronto Pan Am/Parapan Am Games on August 28, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan
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Advisers on unmarked graves won’t work with Hague-based organization Ottawa hired
Members of the Six Nations Police conduct a search for unmarked graves using ground-penetrating radar on the 500 acres of the lands associated with the former Indian Residential School, the Mohawk Institute, in Brantford, Ont., Tuesday, November 9, 2021. A panel of Indigenous experts says it will not participate in engagement sessions hosted by an international organization Ottawa hired to provide it with advice on identifying possible human remains in unmarked graves. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote
In this handout image made available by La Moncloa on May 29, 2023 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid as he called a snap election in July. In a surprise move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on July 23 on May 29, 2023, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls that saw the main opposition Popular Party (PP) chalk up the largest number of local votes. (Photo by Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /LA MONCLOA/ BORJA PUIG DE LA BELLACASA " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by BORJA PUIG DE LA BELLACASA/LA MONCLOA/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
The Johnston report puts the NDP on a tightrope. But how high is it?
Campbell Clark
analysis
Trump, DeSantis battle for Republican nomination turns race into political trench warfare
David Shribman
world
Turkish election: Erdogan wins fifth term as president, extending rule into third decade
An election official displays a ballot with pictures of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance Kemal Kilicdaroglu at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Istanbul, Turkey May 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Acikgoz NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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Biden and McCarthy agree to 2-year budget deal to raise debt ceiling, enhance work requirements for food aid
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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New Brunswick premier calls for calm amid review of policy on sexual orientation in schools
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs delivers the State of the Province address in Fredericton, N.B. on Thursday, February 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
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GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican attorney-general Ken Paxton
The House Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, during impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday, May 27, 2023. In a bitter dispute that has pitted moderates against conservatives in the state GOP, Paxton, faces a vote on 20 allegations of corruption and abuse of office. (Mike Osbourne/The New York Times)
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Alberta NDP holds rally in Calgary while UCP talks about crime, mental health supports ahead of Monday election
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley attends a campaign rally with supporters in Calgary on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Albertans go to the polls on May 29. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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B.C. premier David Eby calls two byelections for June 24
Premier David Eby and BC NDP candidate Ravi Parmar walk along Goldstream Ave. as they visit shops and talk to locals while out in Langford, B.C., on May 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster, minister says
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on May 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
british columbia
Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony
A residential school memorial is shown at the Vancouver Art Gallery on May 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Chiang
world
Latest GOP 2024 hopeful DeSantis ‘blazing a trail’ on book bans in Republican-controlled states
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. DeSantis will announce his 2024 presidential campaign in a Twitter Spaces event with Elon Musk on Wednesday, May 24. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
alberta
Ex-Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, Stephen Harper pitch late-day endorsements in Alberta election
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley makes a campaign stop at a backyard party in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 26, 2023, left, and United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith makes an election campaign announcement in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 26, 2023. Albertans go to the polls on May 29. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier
Premier David Eby answers questions from the media in Langford, B.C., on Thursday, May 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
world
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich appeals extension of detention on spying charges, Russian court data indicate
FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2023. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested in March while on a reporting trip in Russia. He, his employer and the U.S. government have denied the charges. A Moscow court on Tuesday extended his detention until Aug. 30, and the journalist has appealed the ruling. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Florida man pleads not guilty after Canada-U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba
Steve Shand is seen in an undated handout photo at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center, in North Dakota. Shand, arrested in January 2022 after the bodies of four people were found near the Canada-US border near Emerson, Man, pleaded not guilty Friday to human smuggling charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Grand Forks County Correctional Center, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, raises $8.2M ahead of early state blitz
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a political roundtable, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Bedford, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)