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After a nearly three-week long inquest into the violent attacks in their community, James Smith Cree Nation chiefs are among those commenting at a news conference Thursday on the recommendations laid out by the jury and the coroner running the proceedings.James Smith resident Myles Sanderson killed 11 people — 10 in the community and one in the nearby village of Weldon, Sask. — on Sept. 4, 2022.The inquest examining the massacre ended on Wednesday with a panel of six jurors providing their findi

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TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained almost a hundred points Thursday despite weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets erased a big chunk of their losses from the day before. “It's certainly a recovery from yesterday's reaction to the Federal Reserve news, which was really that there wouldn't be rate cuts coming in March,” said Anish Chopra, managing director with Portfolio Management Corp. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 97.33 points at 21,119.21. In New York, the Dow Jones ind

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More than 300 workers at Windsor's Jamieson Laboratories are on strike.The strike began at midnight Thursday after the employees rejected the employer's latest offer, according to Unifor Local 195, which represents the workers. Emile Nabout, who is president of the local union, says bargaining had been taking place for about the last two weeks."Obviously, as everybody knows, cost of living and inflation are hitting everybody at home, so wages and benefits [are] the main issues," he said. "There'

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The Nunavut Housing Corporation is developing 166 new housing units across 17 different communities, with construction scheduled to start in the fall.The new buildings will include 146 public housing units and 20 staff housing units. The building contract is with the Inuit-owned NCC Development Limited and the Nunavut government says construction of the units will cost the territory $670 per square foot, for a total of $134.7 millionEiryn Devraux, president and CEO of the housing corporation, sa

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A Moncton man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of Joedin Leger.Hayden Joseph James LeBlanc, 20, was among six people charged in Leger's death and the second to plead guilty to manslaughter. LeBlanc appeared in Moncton's Court of King's Bench on Thursday afternoon without the other four co-accused in the case. LeBlanc stood in the prisoner's box wearing a dress shirt and suit jacket as Justice Jean-Paul Ouellette asked him to confirm the change in plea. "I plead guilt

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CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says there were 1,650 home sales in January, marking a 37.7 per cent year-over-year increase as the city saw a 15.4 per cent bump in newly listed homes. The unadjusted residential benchmark price rose to $572,300, which was 10 per cent higher than January 2023. The board says despite the rise in new listings, Calgary's low inventory situation persisted with 2,150 units on the market — close to the January record low set in 2006 and nearly 49 per cent below

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The union representing 140 workers at the Rogers Sugar refinery in Vancouver says members have ratified a new deal, ending a months-long strike at one of Canada's few large refineries. Private and Public Workers of Canada (PPWC) Local 8 confirmed the agreement in a statement on Thursday."We look forward to returning to work," the statement said.The union did not release details of the deal, but said it was a five-year agreement "that includes increases to health benefits, wages and maintaining a