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A former Truth and Reconciliation Commission co-chair says Mark Carney's economic reconciliation push is missing a leg. Wilton Littlechild warns fast-tracked project approvals sideline treaty rights and traditional economies like hunting and trapping.

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission counted 3,200 child deaths at residential schools, but researchers still combing millions of records say the real toll could be far higher. Wednesday marks the fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, with ceremonies on Parliament Hill and across the country, and Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking in Edmonton.

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A weekend banner display by apparent white nationalists at Tk'emlups te Secwepemc has pushed BC's election campaign into confronting residential school denialism head-on. NDP Leader David Eby is marking Truth and Reconciliation Day on the reserve itself, as a regional chief demands denialism be classified as hate speech.

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A national day of mourning collides with sharp political fights: a former truth commission co-chair says Carney's economic reconciliation plan sidelines Indigenous rights, Poilievre tours Alberta ahead of an Oct. 19 separation vote, and Quebec's election enters its final week. Plus, Trump's Lake Ontario jab accidentally becomes a marketing boon.

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Online claims call the Kamloops overpass banner drop a government "false flag." The evidence says otherwise: matching merchandise restricted to vetted members, past social posts showing identical gear, and the group's own founder and members publicly owning the stunt.

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Two Tsawwassen First Nation elders died and two others were hurt when a pickup truck struck people during a Truth and Reconciliation Day walk outside a Vancouver-area mall. Police believe the driver suffered a medical emergency; the Nation cancelled remaining events and Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condolences.

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At 39, Sidney Crosby is still the last one off the ice, staying 20 extra minutes after practice with Malkin and Letang while rookies head to the showers. His coach calls the trio's work ethic anything but normal, and Crosby, the only player ever to average a point a game for 21 straight seasons, just shrugs it off.

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Toronto's benchmark index fell 76.66 points even as oil jumped past US$91 a barrel, breaking from a rallying Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq south of the border. Gold pushed above US$4,193 an ounce while the loonie slipped to 70.43 cents US.

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A new forecast says the Bank of Canada will hike rates twice next year, but only to 2.75 per cent, even as markets bet on faster increases. Trade turmoil and slower immigration are expected to cap growth at 1.5 per cent, keeping the bank cautious despite oil-driven inflation fears.

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Canada's trade minister is set to meet his U.S. counterpart at the G20 in Wisconsin, days after Washington banned Canadian alcohol, dairy byproducts and motorcycles. Ottawa walked away from trade talks last month and hit back with tariffs on $28 billion in American goods.

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Nine aces weren't enough. Second-seeded Félix Auger-Aliassime never earned a single break-point chance in a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Karen Khachanov at the China Open, the same Russian who beat him at the U.S. Open weeks earlier.

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Paul Cotter scored twice and won it 1:59 into overtime as Vancouver blew a three-goal third-period lead, then snatched it back from Edmonton 6-5. Evan Bouchard nearly stole it with a rare four-point night for a defenceman, including a hat trick in the season opener.

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The Flames just locked up a second-round pick who already has a Gordie Howe hat trick to his name. Chase Harrington's three-year entry-level deal pays US$1.075 million a year after he led Spokane with 57 points and 105 penalty minutes last season.

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Air Canada just pushed its Vancouver-Dubai relaunch back again, now grounded until the end of March 2027. The route, suspended since March amid Middle East strikes and soaring oil prices, was originally slated to return this January.

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RCMP shot a black bear rummaging through garbage bins in Lower Lonsdale early Tuesday, the fourth bear killed on the North Shore this year. Police say a bad berry crop is driving bears into cities, and that relocating them is riskier and less effective than people assume.

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Carney's push to fast-track infrastructure and end labour disputes is turning union allies into targets, with CUPE vowing to defy the bill outright. Conservatives and New Democrats both see an opening to peel off angry union voters, and one in six Liberal supporters is already furious over the Alberta pipeline deal.

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Two convicted drug traffickers argued Canada's Charter protected their compassion club, which bought pure drugs on the dark web to sell to addiction sufferers. A B.C. judge called them "agitators" who knew the legal risk, and rejected their bid to overturn the guilty verdicts.

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She says she's been "threatened, spat at, disowned and abused" since defecting to the NDP this summer, and now she won't seek re-election. Boultbee says she can't give the party a fair shot in her riding, becoming the sixth NDP incumbent to bow out before the Oct. 24 vote.

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Ukraine says over 20,651 children have been unlawfully deported to Russia or occupied territory; only 2,573 have come home. In Toronto, survivors described indoctrination camps and abuse as Canada added $863,000 in new funding, pushing its total support to $7 million.

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A 120-year-old West End mansion just got a $2.9 million haircut. The Geary House, a restored 1905 Heritage Class B property with a fresh interior and a new attic bedroom, dropped from $12.88 million to $9.98 million.

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