1 - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk reached the International Space Station as part of the NASA SpaceX Crew 13 mission.
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Kutryk → reach → mission
Kutryk and three other astronauts arrived after blasting off from Florida on a flight that took roughly eight hours.
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that → arrive → hours
The 44-year-old was a mission specialist who would spend six months aboard the station, working on experiments, research and maintenance.
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who → spend → experiments
Kutryk grew up in Alberta and was expected to remain in space while his wife gives birth to their third child, as Ottawa says the mission will also help advance Canada’s space industry.
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mission → grow → industry
1 - Ottawa gave an Alberta pipeline to the West Coast a national interest designation under the Building Canada Act.
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Ottawa → give → Act
The Pacific Link pipeline would carry roughly a million barrels of crude per day over a 1,200 kilometre span from Bruderheim, Alberta, to a port near Delta, B.C., for shipment to international markets.
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pipeline → carry → markets
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith joined Carney for the announcement in Fort McMurray, Alberta’s oilsands hub.
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Smith → join → McMurray
Indigenous communities were to be offered a minimum of 10 per cent ownership interest, financed through federal and provincial loan programs.
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communities → offer → programs
2 - Michael J. Fox said receiving Canada’s highest level of recognition brought him both pride and humility.
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receiving → say → pride
The actor and Parkinson’s disease advocate was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
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actor → promote → Hall
Fox, who revealed his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1998, had raised $2.5 billion for research and had spoken publicly about living with the disease.
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who → reveal → disease
He was among 51 people inducted into or promoted within the order, including former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and UBC professor Yusuf Altintas.
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He → induct → Poloz
The search for six people aboard a missing Ontario air ambulance shifted to recovery after debris from the aircraft was found off the U.S. coast.
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debris → miss → coast
The U.S. Coast Guard said the debris was found about 150 kilometres southeast of Boston and belonged to the Gulfstream G-100 operated by Hamilton, Ont.-based Latitude Air Ambulance.
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debris → say → Ambulance
Air traffic control audio from LiveATC.net showed the controller struggling to hear the flight before contact was lost around 1:30 a.m. near Boston.
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contact → show → Boston
The plane was carrying a patient and family member from Bermuda, along with two Canadian pilots and two Canadian medical staff.
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plane → carry → pilots
3 - Sportsnet launched a new Saturday night NHL broadcast, ending nearly 75 years of league games under the Hockey Night in Canada name on CBC.
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Sportsnet → launch → CBC
The new Saturday Night Hockey keeps Ron MacLean as host and retains familiar features, including a studio panel and highlight packages.
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Hockey → keep → panel
The change followed Rogers Communications’ new 12-year, $11-billion NHL deal, with Sportsnet also expanding its national schedule and removing 150 regional blackouts.
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Sportsnet → follow → blackouts
CBC was to keep the Hockey Night in Canada name for its Saturday night sports program, including Professional Women’s Hockey League games.
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CBC → keep → games
His plan would raise the rate on income above $1 million to 24.5 per cent and increase taxes in two other upper-income brackets starting in the 2027 tax year.
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plan → raise → year
The NDP estimated fewer than 4 per cent of earners would be affected, and the changes would bring in about $1 billion each year for health care.
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changes → estimate → care
The Conservatives argued the plan could push doctors out of B.C., while the Greens focused their campaign on protecting forests and stopping raw-log exports.
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Greens → argue → exports
5 - Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon brought his party back from the brink and into power.
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Plamondon → bring → power
Although his party fell short of the 64 seats needed to form a majority in Quebec’s national assembly, a minority government was a big jump from winning only three seats back in 2022.
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government → fall → 2022
St-Pierre Plamondon won the PQ leadership in 2020 after promising to hold a referendum if the party formed government.
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party → win → government
Just before the year’s electoral campaign period began, the PQ leader said he would wait until U.S. President Donald Trump is out of the White House in 2029.
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Trump → begin → .
New Brunswick’s provincial liquor agency said it resumed deliveries to an isolated island where the only land route is through Maine.
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route → say → Maine
U.S. border officials stopped a truck carrying mail, milk and bottles of alcohol to Campobello Island.
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officials → stop → Island
The truck was stopped the same day a ban on Canadian liquor imports went into effect in the United States.
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ban → stop → States
- Outgoing Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette said she is leaving politics with her head held high despite a crushing defeat in that week’s provincial election.
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head → say → election
She told reporters she had resigned as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec less than a day after her party failed to win any seats.
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party → tell → seats
The CAQ, founded in 2011, was in power for eight years in Quebec and held 79 seats in the provincial legislature before Fréchette triggered the election campaign in August.
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Fréchette → found → August
But the Parti Québécois capitalized on voters’ desire for change, winning enough seats in the election to form a minority government.
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Québécois → capitalize → government
6 - U.S. investigators charged a suspect for conspiring with the Tumbler Ridge mass killer before and during the attack.
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investigators → charge → attack
FBI officials say the suspect encouraged the murders, even advising the killer how to start her car as she headed to the school.
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she → say → school
The FBI’s criminal complaint confirms the suspect was watching video footage from the shooter as she carried out the attack.
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she → confirm → attack
The complaint also reveals for the first time that the shooter allegedly deployed a crude improvised explosive device in the high school.
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shooter → reveal → school
The B.C. Conservatives promised to eliminate provincial sales tax on certain machinery, equipment and business software.
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Conservatives → promise → machinery
Interim leader Lorne Doerkson said the change would last for three years as a way of helping businesses.
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change → say → businesses
…and 175 more, not listed.
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