Emma Jacobs
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Canadian providers who perform abortions anticipate increased demand for services from Americans now that Roe v. Wade is overturned. Additional clients could strain already stretched capacity.
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A bill before Canada's Parliament aims to stop the spread of handguns — but one of the most difficult challenges for Canada is the guns being smuggled over the border from the U.S.
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Canada's prime minister has introduced gun-control legislation that would freeze new handgun purchases, and introduce a mandatory buyback program for some assault-style weapons.
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"Non!" to the further imposition of French in Quebec — how the fight over French has incensed many of the English-speaking minority in this Canadian province.
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Foresters responding to climate change are experimenting with planting trees in Vermont that typically are found further south. They hope the trees will survive hotter and drier conditions to come. -
Indigenous women are incarcerated at disproportionate rates in Canada. There are new efforts to address the systematic causes.
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The official residence of Canada's prime minister is obsolete and has been vacant for years. Parliament has no interest in paying to make it habitable.
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Three weeks into a protest over Canada's COVID-19 rules, authorities have begun to arrest protesters and clear trucks parked around the parliament building in Ottawa.
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The chief stepped down after extended demonstrations demanded an end to all COVID-19 measures. The resignation follows the federal government assuming emergency powers to help end the protests.
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Three weeks after truckers occupied downtown Ottawa, Canada's prime minister invoked the Emergencies Act. It grants the federal government special powers to address security issues.
