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Carney pitches major project powers to skeptical First Nations as advancing ‘Indigenous economic growth’

GATINEAU, Que. — Prime Minister Mark Carney entered a high-stakes meeting with First Nations leaders Thursday, touting his government's new law to fast-track major infrastructure projects as having "Indigenous economic growth" at its heart, saying he believes consensus can be reached on how to move forward. Read More
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J.D. Tuccille: The remarkable triumph of Javier Milei

It’s possible that no politician has defied the expectations of the chattering class as successfully as has Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei. Expected to remain in political obscurity, he rose to lead a political movement. Anticipated to lose a presidential election to a candidate from the country’s dominant authoritarian political party, he won. And predicted by a cabal of academic economists to lead Argentina to ruin with free-market policies, he instead turned around the long-suffering country, resulting in lower inflation and rapid economic growth. Read More
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Terry Newman: Hockey Canada demanding coaches take radical gender test ignores on-ice reality

Hockey Canada's 2022 Gender Expression and Gender Identity Policy states that players "must be able to participate in the sport in the Gender with which they identify," and be provided with "access to such facilities in accordance with their Gender Identity or Gender Expression." But never before have coaching staff been given a nationwide, certification-required test, seemingly aimed at implementing the policy. Read More
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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches US$5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton stole the show when it fetched more than $30 million in a bidding frenzy. (All figures are in US dollars.) Read More
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AFN national chief says fast-tracked projects bill should come with plan for infrastructure for reserves

OTTAWA— Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said the federal government will need to present a plan for how to get more infrastructure built on First Nations reserves as it tries to soothe concerns from chiefs over new powers to fast-track major infrastructure projects.  Read More
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Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as a ‘criminal enterprise’

NEW YORK — A former New York City interim police commissioner filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against his one-time boss, Mayor Eric Adams, and other top department officials, alleging they showered loyalists with unearned promotions, buried allegations of misconduct, and gratuitously punished whistleblowers. Read More
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