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Timeline: What has happened in Canada since Oct. 7, 2023

Timeline: What has happened in Canada since Oct. 7, 2023

OTTAWA — The Oct. 7 attack by Hamas fighters on Israel last year, and the immediate Israeli retaliation that followed, sent shockwaves throughout the world that have shaken Canada culturally and politically.
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B.C. wildland firefighter worried about smoke hazards. So he designed a solution

B.C. wildland firefighter worried about smoke hazards. So he designed a solution

British Columbia wildland firefighter Angus Duguid loves his job, but he doesn't love waking up with headaches or a clogged nose from inhaling smoke.
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More than 1,000 passengers have left Lebanon on flights booked by Canada, GAC says

More than 1,000 passengers have left Lebanon on flights booked by Canada, GAC says

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it has now helped more than 1,000 passengers leave Lebanon as the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah intensifies.
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Eby supports police on guns and gangs, flanked by four law enforcement candidates

Eby supports police on guns and gangs, flanked by four law enforcement candidates

SURREY, B.C. — NDP Leader David Eby promised Sunday to support police in British Columbia to keep illegal guns off the streets and protect communities, but accused B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad of planning to make the province less safe.
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Canadians pay tribute to Oct. 7 victims, hostages in cross-country events

Canadians pay tribute to Oct. 7 victims, hostages in cross-country events

OTTAWA — Emotional mourners gathered by the hundreds in cities across Canada on Sunday to honour the victims of Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the still raging war in Gaza and roiled tensions in the Middle East and beyond.
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Trudeau heads to ASEAN summit and Ukraine defence meetings this week

Trudeau heads to ASEAN summit and Ukraine defence meetings this week

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau will travel to Laos later this week for the ASEAN summit, marking what his office says will be the first official visit of a Canadian prime minister to the Southeast Asian country.
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Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including archbishop of Toronto

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including archbishop of Toronto

TORONTO — The Archbishop of Toronto is among 21 new cardinals Pope Francis named Sunday and the lone new cardinal from North America.
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Where will B.C.'s election be won? Even identifying the battlegrounds is tough call

Where will B.C.'s election be won? Even identifying the battlegrounds is tough call

VANCOUVER — The calculus of predicting an election and identifying its key battlegrounds is complex enough in any race, but observers of the British Columbia poll this month are facing a pair of unknown quantities that make the maths even more confou
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'We will never be the same': Oct. 7 killing of Montreal native leaves gaping hole

'We will never be the same': Oct. 7 killing of Montreal native leaves gaping hole

MONTREAL — Raquel Ohnona Look wipes back tears when her eyes fall on the plaque in honour of her son Alexandre, affixed to a bench in a suburban Montreal green space that was recently renamed for him. "Forever in our hearts.
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Mom and seven-year-old daughter from France killed in Montreal fire

Mom and seven-year-old daughter from France killed in Montreal fire

MONTREAL — A mother and her seven-year-old daughter from France were killed in a fire that ravaged a century-old building in Old Montreal early Friday morning – a blaze that major crimes detectives and the arson squad are investigating as “suspicious
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