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Family reeling as 16-year-old victim of alleged sword-and-SUV attack remains in hospital

"It's just like a big blur. It doesn't seem real," says the mother of 16-year-old Kaylie Smith.



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Students become 'junior historians' for a hands-on approach to Remembrance Day learning

Some educators are giving history classes new relevance by teaching students to be junior historians: offering engaging entry points into Canada's past and inspiring connections to the world today.




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Here's what's open and closed in Windsor this Remembrance Day

Malls and transit will operate under regular hours in Windsor, Ont., while museums and libraries will be closed on Remembrance Day.



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Motorcyclist dies in weekend Kingsville crash

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say one person is dead after a Saturday afternoon single-vehicle collision in Essex County involving a motorcycle.



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Windsor asked people to help tax vacant homes and the results surprised them

Windsor's push to tax people that own houses that sit empty in a city dealing with an affordable housing crunch has led to some surprising early results.



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Windsor school board trustee says recent education cuts had 'very little' to do with resigning

Midway through her second term as a public school board trustee in Windsor-Essex, Sarah Cipkar is resigning for what she calls mainly “personal and professional” reasons.



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2 people allegedly tied to biker gang arrested after scuffle at Sarnia Remembrance Day ceremony

A Remembrance Day ceremony in Sarnia, Ont., was disrupted Monday, police say, by the presence and arrest of multiple alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang.  



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'There is stigma, but there is help:' Death of CBSA officer shines light on mental health in profession

Details remain scarce surrounding the death of a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at the Ambassador Bridge on Saturday. The border authority and union said an employee died by suicide while on the job on the Windsor, Ont., side of the border. 



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For the 1st time, this Windsor theatre company is offering a show with sign language interpretation

Windsor Light Music Theatre's production of A Christmas Story: The Musical will feature sign language interpreters at the Nov. 22 show to make the entertainment accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.




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Thieves use vehicle to rip door off of Windsor sporting goods store

CBC's Dalson Chen talks to Bob Reaume about a break in that resulted in an estimated $40,000 in merchandise taken just before the busy holiday season.




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Suspect wanted after 3 armed robberies in 30 minutes, police say

According to investigators, a suspect went into a convenience store in the 300 block of Shepherd Street West just before 8 p.m. and showed a handgun, demanded money from the cashier and left with both cash and items. 



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Windsor-based fuel distribution company receives nearly $5M from feds in 'green shipping' money

With hundreds of vessels passing through Windsor's waterways every year, the company that fuels many of them will receive nearly $5 million in new funding to improve their infrastructure for the distribution of lower-carbon fuels — making the shipping industry more sustainable and lower emission. 



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Man charged in crash deaths of 2 women who pulled over to save a turtle

Police said they had pulled their car over and exited the vehicle in order to help a turtle cross the street, something a close family member told CBC at the time came as no surprise. 



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New fast charging stations coming for Tecumseh town hall, local library

The Town of Tecumseh will be getting six new EV charging stations, the province announced Tuesday, in a bid to "support the electrification of transportation across the province."



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Arson suspected in Kamloops, B.C., fire that destroyed Red Bridge

Kamloops RCMP say they are investigating the fire that destroyed the Red Bridge Thursday as an arson.



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Concerns for fish after burned Kamloops, B.C., bridge collapses

Concerns are mounting over the potential environmental impact on fish populations following the destruction of Kamloops' historic Red Bridge, which collapsed into the South Thompson River during a fire.



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City apologizes after porn shown during Kamloops council meeting

The Interior B.C. city is reviewing its policies for public hearings following the incident.



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Okanagan man charged in drug-deal double homicide takes stand

Wade Cudmore told the jury at his first-degree murder trial that he was not present when brothers Carlo and Erick Fryer were killed during a drug deal in May 2021.



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Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

"People actually reached out and hugged it and they told their [stories] about residential school," master carver Stanley C. Hunt says.



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Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions.




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B.C. man found guilty in double homicide of Kamloops brothers

A jury has found a Naramata, B.C., man guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two brothers. Wade Cudmore, 35, was one of two men accused in the May 2021 drug deal killings of Kamloops, B.C., brothers Erick and Carlo Fryer.



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Kamloops mayor's office moving to basement away from city staff

The office of Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is being relocated to the basement of city hall.



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Book of poetry shows resilience of residential school survivors

Garry Gottfriedson, who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School for five years, drew on his own experience at residential school, as well as those of his siblings and parents, for the book. He describes the process of gathering their stories as "powerful."



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Kamloops mayor in court over allegation he owes ex-lawyer $35K

Lawyer David McMillan alleges the mayor owes him payment for services provided between 2021 and 2024.



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How a resolution at the B.C. Law Society became a debate about residential school denialism

A recent request to change the wording in a mandatory Indigenous intercultural course for lawyers in British Columbia led to a debate over whether the changes amounted to residential school denialism. 




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B.C. voting stations affected by power outages reopened

A handful of voting stations were temporarily closed due to power outages on Saturday morning during the final day of B.C.’s provincial election, while the only station in Dease Lake was fully closed because an election official had travel difficulties.



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Kamloops mayor's pay cut 15% for leaking confidential documents

The pay cut comes after city council had already taken a number of steps against the mayor, including stripping him of his duties as a city spokesperson, removing him from the Thompson Nicola Regional District board and Shuswap Watershed Council and relocating his office to the basement of city hall. 



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Canadian RJ Barrett close to return from injury as Raptors prepare for Wednesday's season opener

Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was upgraded to day-to-day and engaged in non-contact practise on Monday, two days before Toronto hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena.




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B.C. school district makes further cuts in wake of $2.2M accounting error

The Kamloops School District has made further cuts, including staff reductions, as it faces a budget deficit of more than $2 million from the 2023-24 school year.



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Apology long overdue for U.S. Indian boarding schools, says former student

A former student of federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Joe Biden's rare presidential apology was long overdue. "They should have done it years ago," says 74-year-old Rosie Yellowhair.




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Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada's 'disappeared' residential school children

Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable and difficult but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s "disappeared" residential school children, Indigenous leaders say in response to the special interlocutor's two-volume final report.




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Syilx Okanagan woman files lawsuit alleging historic abuse at Vernon Catholic school

A Syilx Okanagan woman has filed a lawsuit against church authorities and the Canadian government alleging she was physically and sexually abused as a child at a Catholic-run Vernon, B.C., school.



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Sleepy little Falkland, B.C., awakes to big news of superlab drug bust

Falkland locals are still wrapping their heads around the raid of the rural property, likened to a scene out of Breaking Bad, which was part of an RCMP operation that seized drugs and guns worth almost half a billion dollars.



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Re-elected Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief wants to celebrate her community

The re-elected chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says she's hoping to forge connections within her community as she looks ahead to her next term.



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Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demonstration




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Ukraine targets Moscow with its biggest drone attack of the war

Ukraine attacked Moscow on Sunday with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports and injuring at least one person.




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Kamala Harris drinks wine and plays Connect 4 in joyful post-election pic posted by her niece

What would you do if you'd just been dealt a devastating, extremely public defeat? If your answer is "drink wine in leggings," then Vice-President and former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris can do you one better: Drink wine in leggings, sporting a messy bun, while playing Connect 4.




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Source says Trump advised Putin not to escalate Ukraine war, Kremlin denies conversation

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation said, but the Kremlin denied the two had spoken.




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Crime network selling Banksy, Warhol and Picasso forgeries uncovered in Italy

Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art including Banksy, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.




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Israeli strikes kill 37 as attacks intensify in central and southern Gaza

An Israeli airstrike killed seven people late Monday at a café near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medics said, bringing the death toll from Israeli strikes since Sunday night to at least 37.




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Why a petrostate is hosting UN climate talks — again




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Thousands march in far-right rally to mark Poland's Independence Day

Tens of thousands of Poles including nationalist opposition chiefs walked through Warsaw on Monday in an annual Independence Day event held by the far right, some shooting red flares and carrying anti-EU, anti-Ukraine and white supremacist banners.




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Spirit Airlines flight hit by gunfire as gang violence shuts down Haiti's main airport




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Driver deliberately rams car into crowd in China, killing 35 and injuring dozens

A driver killed 35 people and severely injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday.




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Trump's return to White House spells uncertainty for U.S.-China relationship

The impact of Donald Trump's election win on Nov. 5 will be felt globally, especially in China — one of the world's emerging superpowers and one of the United States' biggest trading partners. The relationship could also affect Canada.




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Church of England head Justin Welby resigns after sex abuse coverup controversy

An investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it.




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Israel misses deadline to let more aid into Gaza, but U.S. maintains support

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours — including 11 in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said — as the country missed a deadline set by Washington to allow more humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave. 




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This elephant gives herself nice showers with a hose. But another elephant keeps ruining them

Not only does Mary the Asian elephant prefer to shower herself, but she's really good at it. So good, in fact, that her dexterous bath-time ritual is the subject of a new study about animal tool use. 



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Trump chooses Mike Huckabee, staunchly pro-Israel conservative, as ambassador to nation

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as its next ambassador to Israel, tapping a staunchly pro-Israel conservative whose choice could signal future U.S. policy toward conflicts in the Middle East.




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U.S. Air National Guard member who leaked documents on Ukraine gets 15-year sentence

A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison Tuesday for leaking classified military documents about the war in Ukraine, actions prosecutors said put the country's national security at risk, endangered other military members and damaged U.S. relationships with its allies.