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Flooding forces 700 people out of their homes in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. The mouths of the Mackenzie River and the Liard River are shown near Fort Simpson, N.W.T., on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand May 11, 2021 - 3:38 PM FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A mayor in the Northwest Territories was watching for movement in slabs of ice and snow sitting on top of one of two rivers threatening his community on Tuesday. About 700 of Fort Simpsons 1,200 res...

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Oliphant rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Friday, June 7, 2019. Oliphant is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand OTTAWA – A Liberal MP is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Departmen...

Liberal MP questions Justice Departments legal advice on fired scientists Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Oliphant rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Friday, June 7, 2019. Oliphant is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand May 13, 2021 - 1:48 PM OTTAWA...

Brett Bundale A newly-renovated Giant Tiger store is shown in Ottawa on Thursday August 4, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand May 10, 2021 - 10:42 AM Giant Tiger Stores Ltd. is planningto expand its footprint as demand for discount products surges amid the pandemic. The retailer has plans to increase its store count to 300 across the country, up from its current 259 locations, and is investing upgrades for both e-commerce and stores. “Our bricks and mortar ...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press Posted: Save to Read Later Giant Tiger Stores Ltd. is planningto expand its footprint as demand for discount products surges amid the pandemic. A newly-renovated Giant Tiger store is shown in Ottawa on Thursday August 4, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand Giant Tiger Stores Ltd. is planningto expand its footprint as demand for discount prod...

Judges sexual assault training bill receives royal assent after clearing the Senate Rona Ambrose is shown during an interview with The Canadian Press in Ottawa, Thursday, May 18, 2017. New judges will have to commit to take training in sexual assault law, thanks to a new law that received royal assent last night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand May 07, 2021 - 2:15 PM OTTAWA - Rona Ambrose says she had no idea it would take so long and require such determination...

Winnipeg Free Press Thomas Berger a visionary who advanced Indigenous rights By: Niigaan Sinclair | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 30, 2021 Thomas Berger gave Indigenous people a voice. In 1974, when Canada held an inquiry into the construction of a gas pipeline through the Mackenzie River Valley in the Yukon and Northwest Territories — through Dene, Inuit, and Métis land — commissioner Berger did something unheard of. He went t...

Murray Sinclair, who served as a senator until January 2021, will begin his role as chancellor of Queen’s University on July 1

Beth Leighton B.C. Justice Thomas Berger, chairman of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission ,is photographed in May, 1977. Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died at the age of 88. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand April 29, 2021 - 5:13 PM VANCOUVER - Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Abor...

Brandon Sun By: Beth Leighton, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 5:32 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021 Save to Read Later VANCOUVER - Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88. B.C. Justice Thomas Berger, chairman of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Co...