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Canada's housing crisis leads to more unsafe housing for victims of domestic violence

Canada's housing crisis leads to more unsafe housing for victims of domestic violence

HALIFAX — Women’s advocates say provincial and federal governments need to step up efforts to create housing for people escaping gender-based violence because too many women are forced to remain in unsafe situations after being abused.
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Canada's top court dismisses appeal in Ontario drug trafficking case

Canada's top court dismisses appeal in Ontario drug trafficking case

Police were justified in using a drug dealer's phone to orchestrate the arrest of a suspect in a drug trafficking operation without first getting a warrant due to the urgency of the situation, Canada's top court ruled Friday in dismissing an Ontario
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Jobless rate reaches 6.8% in November, highest since January 2017 outside of pandemic

Jobless rate reaches 6.8% in November, highest since January 2017 outside of pandemic

OTTAWA — Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent last month as more people looked for work in a weak job market, shifting expectations toward a jumbo interest rate cut next week.
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Man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC being held in Rimouski

Man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC being held in Rimouski

MONTREAL — A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City is being held in a detention centre hundreds of kilometres from Montreal, where he says the French-speaking guards don’t understand him.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by Canadian city

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by Canadian city

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in November. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by province

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by province

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.8 per cent (10.1) _ Prince Edward Island 8.
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National employment numbers for November from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for November from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.6) Participation rate: 65.1 per cent (64.
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'It's not a right' — Kenya blocking Canadians from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees

'It's not a right' — Kenya blocking Canadians from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees

NAIROBI — The United Nations says the Kenyan government is blocking Western countries like Canada from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees, leaving hundreds of desperate people languishing in dangerous refugee camps and safe houses in Kenya.
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Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine

Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine

The federal prohibition was announced Thursday after expressions of concern from gun-control advocates that many assault-style firearms were not covered by the 2020 ban.
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Trudeau, ministers and opposition leaders address AFN gathering in Ottawa

Trudeau, ministers and opposition leaders address AFN gathering in Ottawa

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not commit to holding a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing Thursday morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had to bury their children after an interaction wit
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